Born on the 27th August 1941 in the port town of Mindelo, Cape Verde, on the island of São Vicente. Long known as the queen of the morna, a soulful genre (related to the Portuguese fado) sung in Creole-Portuguese, she mixed her sentimental folk tunes filled with longing and sadness with the acoustic sounds of guitar, cavaquinho, violin, accordion, and clarinet. Évora's Cape Verdean blues often spoke of the country's history of isolation and slave trade, as well as emigration; almost two-thirds of the million Cape Verdeans alive live abroad.
Évora's voice, a finely-tuned, melancholy instrument with a touch of hoarseness, highlighted her emotional phrasing by accenting a word or phrase. Even audiences who do not understand her language could be held spell-bound by the emotions evident in her performances.
In 2004 she won the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary World Music Album.
A heavy smoker for decades, Évora was diagnosed with heart problems in 2005. She suffered strokes in 2008 and in September 2011, when she announced she was retiring. She died at the age of seventy in São Vicente, Cape Verde on the 17th December 2011 from respiratory failure and hypertension. A Spanish newspaper reported that forty-eight hours before her death she was still receiving people in her home in Mindelo, popular for always having its doors open.
Mar Azul
Cesária Évora Lyrics
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The lyrics of Cesária Évora’s song Mar Azul tell the story of a fisherman who sets out to sea in search of fish to provide for his family. The fisherman is portrayed as a figure who is at one with the sea and the rhythm of the waves. The lyrics describe how the fisherman sets out in the early morning hours with the sea mist still hanging in the air. The fisherman is guided by the stars in the sky and the lighthouse on shore as he navigates the choppy waters.
The lyrics also speak of the sometimes dangerous and unpredictable nature of the sea. The fisherman must be constantly alert for sudden storms and treacherous currents that can capsize his boat and threaten his life. Despite these dangers, the fisherman persists in his task and ultimately returns home with a bountiful catch that will sustain his family.
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Written by: FRANCISCO DA CRUZ
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Alaedious
O... Mar, detá quitinho bô dixam bai
Bô dixam bai spiá nha terra
Bô dixam bai salvá nha Mâe... Oh Mar
Mar azul, subi mansinho
Lua cheia lumiam caminho
Pam ba nha terra di meu
São Vicente pequinino, pam bà braçá nha cretcheu...
Oh... Mar, anô passá tempo corrê
Sol raiá, lua sai
A mi ausente na terra longe... O Mar
Ольга Михайловна
Я очень хотела узнать перевод на русский язык этой дивной прекрасной песни от которой я обливаюсь слезами ,но я чувствовала душой что это о море об океане огромной земле от прекрасном пространстве которое даровано нам Богом для любви и красоты
О, море, море, сохрани в своих просторах голос этой дивной женщины, это голос пусть звучит вечно над океанами и континентами и сореает людские сердца вечной нежно тью этого маленького сердца босоногой милой женщины , которая и сейчас поёт для нас уже на Небесах и Славит Бога , даровавшего ей Свой наказ - утешать нас грешных, ещё живущих...
André Eduardo
Quanta doçura nessa voz, que sentimentos tão sublimes ela nos traz, é como um acalanto de água! Divina Cesária, sodade! 💙
Regina Kato
Uma voz de anjo. Agora esta cantando com os anjos no ceu! Eles se apaixonaram por ela!❤
Regina Kato
velvet and penetrating voice, goes into the depths of our hearts and soul ❤
B T
Oh Mar, Oh Mar
You know, in many languages there are songs cried out to the sea. But nothing like this! This transcends languages! Who can't just picture Cesaria in their mind, her standing on a wooden pier looking out to the sea with sunset on her face when she cries Oh Mar!
VERA LUCIA MARTINEZ RODRIGUES
Faz falta essa voz tão doce...
itsreal1971
HER VOICE HAS A CERTAIN SHINE!!
S. de Oliveira
Belo, arrepiante!
Grande Rainha!
" Sodades" de Portugal!
Mariel Val Oliva
Gracias, gracias Cesaria Évora, seas feliz donde estés....
Manuela Fernandez Fernandez
SIEMPRE ME EMOCIONO, NO TE OLVIDARÉ NUNCA💟💟💟 MI AMOR DESDE ESPAÑA🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸