Cape Verde’s beloved barefoot diva, Cesaria Evora, died today. She had been ill for some time. She got her start at waterfront bars on her home town of Mindelo on the island of Sao Vicente, part of ...

There has yet to be a wave of musicians imported from the tiny African island of Cape Verde, so fortunately the fame and impact of the wondrous songstress Cesaria Evora just continues to grow larger.

Cesaria Evora, the “barefoot diva” of Cape Verde, made her Orange County debut Saturday night at the Orange County Performing Arts Center. She brought with her a well-synchronized, nine-member band ...

Cesaria Evora, who started singing as a teenager in the bayside bars of Cape Verde in the 1950s and won a Grammy in 2003 after she took her African islands' music to stages across the world, died ...

Share current article via Email Share current article via Facebook Share current article via Twitter Share current article via LinkedIn Legendary Cape Verdean singer Cesaria Evora, nicknamed the ...

The Grammy-winning singer had retired in September due to health problems. By The Associated Press LISBON, Portugal — Cesaria Evora, who started singing as a teenager in the bayside bars of Cape Verde ...

Cesária Évora, better known as the ‘Barefoot Diva’ for her habit of always performing shoeless in solidarity with her native Cape Verde’s poverty, has died at the age of 70 on her home island of São ...