Born in Portugal to Cape Verdean parents, Lura sings of that string of ten volcanic islands scattered in the ocean off Senegal. Her father hails from Santiago, the largest, greenest, most African island of Cape Verde, and her mother from São Nicolau, the island that produces the best grog (Cape Verdean rum). Lura’s music is of and from this former Portuguese territory, the one that gave Cesaria Evora to the world.
“She has opened the way,” says Lura of Evora. “Now we can present other Cape Verdean styles.” Enjoy several of Cape Verde’s main genres in this performance.
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