Obrigado, Deus! : Césaria Évora - The Queen of World Music - in Concert

You wouldn’t normally think attending a concert headlined by a whiskey-drinking, cigarette-smoking grandmother would be that enticing…unless, of course, the grandmother in question is World Music superstar CÉSARIA ÉVORA! She of the soulful voice that “even audiences who do not understand her language [Portuguese patois] are held spellbound by the emotions evident in her performances.”

Born in the former Portuguese colonial islands of Cape Verde, off the northwest coast of Africa, CÉSARIA ÉVORA is known as both a Diva and a Queen -- but not in the Mariah or JLo tantrum way. She’s called the "Barefoot Diva" for performing shoeless in symbolic reference to her empathy for the under-privileged women of Africa; and the "Queen of Morna," for singing in the soulful Creole-Portuguese genre which expresses longing, sadness, nostalgia, and regret, tinged with the breezy island vibes of Cape Verde. CÉSARIA’s morna is typified by tearjerk lyrics like this: "walking alone/with the breaking sea/crying at our separate fates". Ouch, feel that twinge in your heart?

Now, now, it’s okay if you’ve never heard of CÉSARIA ÉVORA — Cize to her friends. All you have to do is get chummy with Cize in a hurry by catching her heartfelt emotional voice in concert at The Orpheum Theatre on Sunday, March 26th at 8:00pm, sponsored by the Coastal Jazz and Blues Society .

For a taste of CÉSARIA ÉVORA’s beautiful, haunting music, click on the following samplings:
Listen to a sample of PETIT PAYS
Listen to a sample of MISS PERFUMADO
Listen to a sample of CARNAVAL DE SAO VICENTE (upbeat)
Listen to a sample of FALA PA FALA (Remix).

CÉSARIA ÉVORA in CONCERT
March 26, 2006
Orpheum Theatre
8:00PM
Tix: $55/50/45 (plus service charge)
Info: 604-872-5200

More:
For tix, click here or here
For Césaria Évora’s bio, click here or here