Cesaria Evora - Nha Sentimento (2009)

01. Serpentina
02. Verde Cabo Di Nhas Odjos
03. Vento De Sueste
04. Ligereza
05. Zinha
06. Fatalidade
07. Esperanca Di Mar Azul
08. Sentimento
09. Tchom Frio
10. Noiva De Ceu
11. Holandesa Co Certeza
12. Resposta Meninhas De Monte Sossego
13. Mam'bia E So Mi
14. Parceria E Ermandade

Cesária Évora - Vocals
Jose Aguirre - Trumpet
Leo Aguirre - Trombone
Ahmad Kamal - Violin
Wael Alfashn - Riqq
Renato Almeida - Vocals (Background)
Kako Alves - Guitar, Soloist
Nando Andrade - Orchestra Director, Percussion, Piano
Ahmed Atif - Violin
Mahmoud Bedeir - Cello
Samuel Berthod - Clarinet
Julian Corrales - Violin
Mamdouh Elgibaly - Oud
Medhat Abd Elsameih - Violin
Régis Gizavo - Accordion
Ashraf Heikal - Violin
Kim Le Oc Mach - Soloist, Violin
Irineu Moraia - Guitar
Ronice Nascimento - Vocals (Background)
Henry Ortiz - Accordion
Mahmoud Osman - Violin
José Paris - Guitar (Bass)
Jean-Christophe Rouet - Violin
Mahmoud Salih - Cello
Rafael Sandoval - Clarinet, Sax (Tenor)
Tey Santos - Drums, Percussion
Totinho - Sax (Soprano), Sax (Tenor)
Voginha - Guitar, Soloist
Nilza Xalino - Vocals (Background)
Mohamed Zahir - Violin 

It's been three years since Cape Verde's barefoot diva last released an album, and many more since her morna sound was the darling of critics. A new generation of Cape Verdean singers has come of age and made its mark, and her star has faded somewhat. However, that doesn't mean the quality of her work is any less than it was before. If anything, becoming free of the pressure of great fame has helped her. There's more of a carefree feel to this disc, as evidenced on the upbeat opener, "Serpentina." Of course, it simply wouldn't be Évora without some of her trademark morna, but even its innate sadness is suffused with an underlying joy. At 68, her voice might not have quite the suppleness it had when she burst onto the world stage 20 years ago, but it's still a delicious, sensual instrument, still part-Portuguese, part-Brazilian, and still instantly identifiable, her music drawing from sources African, European, and Latin, but with the unique flavor of Cape Verde. She's graduated to grand dame status now, a mother figure to those following in her (bare) footsteps. However, this shows that she's far from sitting on her laurels. She's still setting the standard for everyone else, not only in the way she handles the songs -- as skillful as Ella Fitzgerald, and with every bit as much sophistication -- but for the material itself, some of it from the superb pen of Teofilo Chantre, one of the best writers from the islands. It's a joyful return by someone who still deserves her diva title. ---Chris Nickson, Rovi

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