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The glorious Café Atlantico finds Césaria Évora venturing into more Latin American musical landscapes, as opposed to Portuguese, which dominated her previous albums. Évora draws from traditional Cuban and Brazilian music to mesmerizing effect. The album is also a tribute to her home town of Mindelo, on the Cape Verdean island of Sao Vicente, which was once a busy port with sailors cruising between South America, the Caribbean, and Portugal. Therefore, the music is heartbreaking and nostalgic, warm and tragic all at once. The masterful "Carnaval de São Vicente" is one of the most joyous, bittersweet party songs ever put on wax (and was even issued as a maxi-single with fantastic remixes). "Roma Criola" is tragic, lonely, destitute, and always interesting, making for an undiscovered masterpiece of a ballad, and her rendition of the Spanish language standard "Maria Elena" is absolutely heartbreaking. The album evokes a moody elegance rarely found in modern music, from the sweeping opener "Flôr Di Nha Esperança" to the summery "Amor Di Mundo," and the picture she paints of this café at the end of the world is a gorgeous, multi-colored, and emotion-stirring palate. This album is nothing short of world class and will be enjoyed by generations to come.
© Jose Promis /TiVo
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Cesaria Evora, Performer - Rufino Almeida, Arranger - Rufino Almeida, Producer - José Da Silva, Producer - Traditional, Composer - Traditional, Lyricist
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Cesaria Evora, Performer - Rufino Almeida, Producer - José Da Silva, Producer - Gregorio Gonçalves, Composer - Gregorio Gonçalves, Lyricist
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Cesaria Evora, Performer - Rufino Almeida, Producer - Teofilo Chantre, Composer - Teofilo Chantre, Lyricist - José Da Silva, Producer
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Cesaria Evora, Performer - Rufino Almeida, Producer - José Da Silva, Producer - Manuel De Novas, Composer - Manuel De Novas, Lyricist
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Cesaria Evora, Performer - Rufino Almeida, Producer - Teofilo Chantre, Composer - José Da Silva, Producer - Nika Sicile, Lyricist
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Cesaria Evora, Performer - Rufino Almeida, Producer - Pedro Rodrigues, Composer - Pedro Rodrigues, Lyricist - José Da Silva, Producer
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Cesaria Evora, Performer - Rufino Almeida, Producer - José Da Silva, Producer - Daniel Spencer, Lyricist - Antonio Gomes Marta, Composer
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Cesaria Evora, Performer - Rufino Almeida, Producer - José Da Silva, Producer - Gregorio Gonçalves, Composer - Gregorio Gonçalves, Lyricist
(P) 1999 Lusafrica
Cesaria Evora, Performer - Rufino Almeida, Producer - Teofilo Chantre, Lyricist - José Da Silva, Producer - Gérard Mendes, Composer
(P) 1999 Lusafrica
Cesaria Evora, Performer - Rufino Almeida, Producer - Teofilo Chantre, Composer - Teofilo Chantre, Lyricist - José Da Silva, Producer
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B. Leza, Composer - B. Leza, Lyricist - Cesaria Evora, Performer - Rufino Almeida, Producer - José Da Silva, Producer
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Cesaria Evora, Performer - Rufino Almeida, Producer - José Da Silva, Producer - Lorenzo Barcelata, Composer - Lorenzo Barcelata, Lyricist
(P) 1999 Lusafrica
Cesaria Evora, Performer - Rufino Almeida, Producer - José Da Silva, Producer - Manuel De Novas, Composer - Manuel De Novas, Lyricist
(P) 1999 Lusafrica
Cesaria Evora, Performer - Rufino Almeida, Producer - José Da Silva, Producer - Gregorio Gonçalves, Composer - Gregorio Gonçalves, Lyricist
(P) 1999 Lusafrica
Album review
The glorious Café Atlantico finds Césaria Évora venturing into more Latin American musical landscapes, as opposed to Portuguese, which dominated her previous albums. Évora draws from traditional Cuban and Brazilian music to mesmerizing effect. The album is also a tribute to her home town of Mindelo, on the Cape Verdean island of Sao Vicente, which was once a busy port with sailors cruising between South America, the Caribbean, and Portugal. Therefore, the music is heartbreaking and nostalgic, warm and tragic all at once. The masterful "Carnaval de São Vicente" is one of the most joyous, bittersweet party songs ever put on wax (and was even issued as a maxi-single with fantastic remixes). "Roma Criola" is tragic, lonely, destitute, and always interesting, making for an undiscovered masterpiece of a ballad, and her rendition of the Spanish language standard "Maria Elena" is absolutely heartbreaking. The album evokes a moody elegance rarely found in modern music, from the sweeping opener "Flôr Di Nha Esperança" to the summery "Amor Di Mundo," and the picture she paints of this café at the end of the world is a gorgeous, multi-colored, and emotion-stirring palate. This album is nothing short of world class and will be enjoyed by generations to come.
© Jose Promis /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 14 track(s)
- Total length: 00:57:53
- Main artists: Cesária Evora
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: RCA Records Label
- Genre: World Africa
(P) 1999 Lusafrica
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