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Mayra Andrade: Storia Storia
by Chris May
Seemingly coming out of nowhere in 2007, singer Mayra Andrade single handedly rebooted the prevailing stereotype of Cape Verdean music with her debut album, Navega (Sterns). Sunny and gorgeously melodic, the disc provided a counterweight to the anguished oeuvre of Cesaria Evora, the “Barefoot Diva" who had been the international voice of Cape Verdean popular music ...
Navega
Label: Sterns Music
Released: 2007
Track listing: Dimokransa; Lapidu Na Bo; Mana; Tunuka; Comme S'Il En Pleuvant; Nha Sibitchi; Lua; Navega; Poc Li Dente E Tcheu; Dispidida; Nha Nobreza; Regasu.
Mayra Andrade: Navega
by Chris May
Until now, for most people, the music of the Cape Verde islands has started and finished with the singer Cesaria Evora, who arrived on the international stage, aged 47, with the album La Diva Aux Pieds Nus (Lusafrica, 1988), becoming a festival-headlining world music star with Miss Perfumado (Lusafrica, 1992). Evora's style is called morna, and ...
