THE CAPE VERDEAN musical genre known as morna can be likened to many styles, including Brazilian modinha and Portuguese fado, but its closest cousin may well be the blues. Morna is a ...

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.

I was recently on a plane en route from Praia, Cape Verde to Lisbon and was sitting next to a Cape Verdean who’ve I’ve known for many years. He was the tour manager of the late Cesaria Evora, who ...