Cesaria Evora has been likened to some of the world’s greatest vocalists: Billie Holiday, Amalia Rodrigues and Edith Piaf. While such comparisons evoke the Cape Verdean singer’s stature and authority, they don’t prepare one for the experience of hearing her unique alto: smoother than Holiday, mellower than Rodrigues, more mournful than Piaf. For almost three […]
Tag: Issue: 2003-10-22
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