In review--Morna Posthumous
Cesaria Evora Mãe Carinhosa Lusafrica (Reviews of artists who passed away are the hardest to write, especially posthumous recording reviews. I want every word to count and every word to honor the performer. I put so much pressure on myself that I end up procrastinating instead of writing the review. Not only that, but it’s hard to write anything objective when music journalists and researchers are also fans of the musicians we review and we’re only human). After the Cape Verdean vocalist Cesaria Evora died in 2011, her producer Jose da Silva felt reluctant to release a posthumous album, but according to the press notes that accompanied my media copy of Mãe Carinhosa , he was moved by tribute albums produced by other artists and he wondered what to do with unreleased tracks from Evora’s previous albums. I think that Evora’s fans and colleagues will embrace this posthumous CD which possesses Evora’s warm and effervescent spir...
