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They make multi-million dollar recordings today that can't begin to compare to the heart and soul of this wonderful recorded performance. Cesária Évora (1941 – 2011), was a Cape Verdean singer-songwriter. She received a Grammy Award in 2004 for her album Voz d'Amor. Nicknamed the “Barefoot Diva” for performing without shoes. “Here everything is wet Watching this world outside There's only rocky cliffs and sea Poor country full of love With Morna and Coladera songs Wise country full of love With drum circles and Funaná music Oh, so much homesickness” Cesaria Evora - Petit Pays

” Please calm your waves and let me go Please let me go see my land once more Please let me save my Mother, oh sea Blue sea, slowly rise your tide Full moon, give me light on my way so I can go to my land Go to my little São Vicente1 and hug my love…”