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Gennaro's 5 North Square Ristorante
The owners of CaffA© Vittoria and the Florentine Cafe took over this venerable tourist trap that looks out on North Square a year ago, renamed it for their son last May, and quietly spiffed up the rooms and the menu.
The "barefoot diva" is back on stage after a spell of bad health. Cape Verde's 68-year-old songstress Cesaria Evora, famous known for singing shoeless, performed at the Mann Auditorium in Tel Aviv last Thursday as part of her comeback tour, marking her sixth concert in the country.
The sexagenarian Cape Verdean barefoot diva is synonymous with Sodade, the Atlantic melancholy, nostalgia and regret that runs through much music in Portuguese.
CD/DOWNLOAD/ALBUM: Cesaria Evora to Release New Album
SOURCE: rock paper scissors, inc. Lifting Up a Shot of Pure Grain Cesaria: The Music of Cape Verde's Billie Holiday Goes to Cairo Cesaria Evora has overcome poverty, a revolution, and even a recent stroke to become a national treasure of Cape Verde and uphold her reputation as an increasingly adventurous icon of world music.
Cape Verdean singer and Grammy Award-winning recording artist known for her rich, haunting voice.
Cesaria Evora, the famous singer born in Cape Verde, now aged 67, will return for the fourth time in Romania, in a concert that will take place on October 1, starting at 20.00, at the Palace Hall in Bucharest, the organizer Events announces.
Cesaria Evora to perform in Sofia
Cape Verde singer Cesaria Evora performs in Lisbon July 2, 2006. Evora was in Portugal to present her album "Rogamar" Cesaria Evora will perform in Sofia, at Hall 1 of the National Palace of Culture on October 2 2009.
T HE VAST distance between the Old World and the new isn't merely a matter of miles.
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