April 11, 2007
Lura, April 11, 2007
Posted at April 11, 2007 04:28 PM in World Music
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Like singers Mariza and Cesaria Evora, Lura draws on the blend of Portuguese, Brazilian, and African cultures that inspire her music. Lura was born in Portugal to Cape Verdean parents. “There was nothing artistic about my family, my parents mainly listened to morna,” muses Lura, recalling her early youth with an allusion to the velvet, slightly mocking saudade that, lethargically intoned by Cesaria Evora, has made Cape Verde famous all over the world. Tonight Lura will bring that music and other traditional music from the small African archipelago to the Kimmel Center. Tell us what you thought of the show.