WORLD OF MUSIC / MUSIC SUPERVISED & WRITTEN BY LISA KIRK
CESARIA EVORA
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VO1 - WELCOME TO A WORLD OF MUSIC. JOIN US FOR A VERY SPECIAL SEGMENT TODAY FEATURING
AN ARTIST WHO IS CONSIDERED THE QUEEN OF MORNA – CESARIA EVORA - ONE OF THE
GREATEST DISCOVERIES OF INTERNATIONAL MUSIC HAS JUST RELEASED HER 10TH ALBUM
“VOZ D’AMOR’ ON BLUEBIRD. EVORA WAS BORN IN
MINDELO, ON THE CAPE VERDE ISLAND OF SAO VINCENTE, APPROXIMATELY 300 MILES
OFF THE COAST OF SENEGAL. SHE FOUND A NICHE FOR HERSELF SINGING MORNA IN
THE LOCAL CLUBS OF THIS PORT TOWN WHICH HAD A THRIVING MUSICAL NIGHT LIFE.
SHE WAS OFFICIALLY DISCOVERED IN THE 1980'S AND BROUGHT TO PARIS TO RECORD
HER FIRST ALBUM. BUT IT WASNT’ UNTIL 1995 AT THE AGE OF 55 THAT CESARIA
BECAME A STAR. SHE CONSISTENTLY REMAINS AT THE TOP OF THE WORLD MUSIC
CHARTS AND HER NOSTALGIC VOICE IS UNIVERSALLY RECOGNIZED SINGING THE CAPE
VERDEAN VERSION OF THE BLUES. HERE’S “ISOLADA” FROM VOZ D’AMOR.” |
| ISOLADA |
5:27 |
| VELOCIDADE |
3:16 |
| SAI TRAVADA |
3:05 |
| JARDIM
PROMETIDO |
4:35 |
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VO2 - A NEW RECORD FROM THE LADY OF MINDELO -
THAT WAS THE EXQUISITE VOICE OF CESARIA EVORA SINGING “JARDIM PROMETIDO” OR “PROMISED GARDEN”
FROM HER RECENTLY RELEASED ALBUM “VOZ D’AMOR.”
IT’S A SONG THAT EXPRESSES HER LOVE FOR SAO VICENTE AND THE HOPE OF RAIN.
SHE SINGS: “CAPE VERDE IS GREEN IN OUR HEARTS/FULL OF LOVE, OUR HANDS WILL
MAKE THE LAND GROW GREEN.” EVORA BEGAN SINGING WITH HER MOTHER WHO WAS A
COOK AND HER FATHER WHO WAS A MUSICIAN AND THE COUSIN OF THE FAMOUS MORNA
COMPOSER B. LEZA. SHE BEGAN PERFORMING IN A HANDFUL OF BARS IN HER NATIVE
MINDELO, SINGING FOR TOURISTS - BUT BY THE AGE OF 20 SHE WAS THE DARLING
OF THE LOCAL RADIO STATIONS. NEXT UP IS A SONG CALLED “CIZE” FROM ONE OF
HER EARLIER DISCS “MAR AZUL”: |
| CIZE |
5:20 |
| MAR AZUL |
3:35 |
| ESTANHADINHA |
2:43 |
| CINTURAO TEM
MELE |
3:29 |
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PROMO |
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VO3 - HI AND WELCOME BACK TO A WORLD OF
MUSIC. I’M YOUR HOST_________. TODAY WE ARE CELEBRATING THE TREASURED
VOCALIST CESARIA EVORA. IN 1975 WITH THE DISAPPEARANCE OF NIGHTLIFE
AFTER CAPE VERDE’S INDEPENDENCE, EVORA GAVE UP SINGING TO RAISE HER
CHILDREN AS A SINGLE MOTHER. IT WAS NOT UNTIL 1987 WHEN SHE WAS INVITED
TO PERFORM IN LISBON THAT SHE MADE A DECISION TO LEAVE THE ISLAND
WHICH LEAD TO THE RECORDING OF SEVERAL ALBUMS. IT WASN’T UNTIL 1992 WHEN
THINGS REALLY TOOK OFF FOR HER WHEN THE RELEASE OF “MISS PERFUMADO”
BROUGHT HER INTERNATIONAL FAME. THEY SAY MORNA IS TO CAPE VERDE WHAT
FADO IS TO PORTUGAL AND WHAT THE TANGO IS TO ARGENTINA. SIMILAR TO
THE BLUES MORNA IS AN EXPRESSION OF BOTH DEEP SORROW AND LOVE..... AN
INTENSE LONGING.
WOM/CESARIA EVORA - CONT.
IT’S “SODADE”... HERE’S “ SODADE” FROM
EVORA’S 1992 RELEASE, “MISS PERFUMADO”. |
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| SODADE |
3:41 |
| ANGOLA |
4:30 |
| LUA NHA
TESTEMUNHA |
6:19 |
| BARBINCOR |
3:58 |
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VO4 - OFTEN COMPARED TO BILLY HOLIDAY AND EDITH
PIAF, EVORA’S ALSO FAMOUS FOR STEPPING ON STAGE SAN SHOES AND
NICKNAMED “THE BAREFOOT DIVA”. SHE HAS A VERY CASUAL, NONCHALANT
PRESENCE... SHE OFTEN SITS AT A SMALL TABLE ON STAGE, TAKING A CIGARETTE
BREAK WHILE HER BAND PLAYS ON. THE SOURCE FOR EVORA’S SONGS RANGE FROM
CONTEMPORARY COMPOSERS TO THE MELODIES OF HER CAPE VERDEAN YOUTH. SHE
ALWAYS BELIEVED SHE WOULD BE AN ARTIST ONE DAY, HOPING TO BE GIVEN THE
CHANCE TO TAKE HER MUSIC OUT OF CAPE VERDE. SHE HAD NO IDEA HER
SUCCESS WOULD BE SO RENOWN. HERE’S A COUPLE OF TRACKS FROM THE CD “CAPE
VERDE”. |
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| TCHINTCHIROTE |
3:13 |
| FIDJO MAGUADO |
4:17 |
| CARNIVAL DE
SAO VICENTE |
3:50 |
| PARAISO DI
ATLANTICO |
3:55 |
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VO5 - THAT WAS “PARADISE DI ATLANTICO” FROM THE
CD “CAFÉ ATLANTICO”. NEXT UP “SAO VICENTE DI LONGE: FROM CESARIA’S CD” SAO
VICENTE”. |
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| SAO VICENTE DI
LONGE |
4:18 |
| SABOR E PECADO |
4:43 |
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V06 - WITH CESARIA’S INTERNATIONAL FAME,
REMIXES OF HER SONGS ARE POPPING UP ON THE DANCE FLORS AS WELL AS MOVIE
SOUNDTRACKS AROUND THE WORLD. HERE’S A FEW EXAMPLES - STARTING WITH “BESAME
MUCHO” |
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| BESAME MUCHO |
4:52 |
| CANCERA |
4:01 |
| PETIT PAYS
(CHATEAU MIX) |
4:20 |
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| VO7 - THAT’S
GOING TO RAP UP THIS EDITION OF A WORLD OF MUSIC FEATURING CESARIA EVORA.
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THIS SHOW WAS MUSIC SUPERVISED AND WRITTEN BY
LISA KIRK AND PRODUCED BY GREG KINCHELOE. COPYRIGHT 2004 DMX MUSIC. |
