Listen.Derhay left a comment on our recent MAS(Doowad and Robert Song)mix Stepmama Africa asking why no Cesaria Evora. I contacted him telling him I was big fan of the barefoot diva from Cape Verde and suggested maybe we could do an alt-dj mix starting out with her.
And here is the result. This came together rather quickly but the mix is outstanding.
Wikipedia describes Saudades as a word for a feeling of nostalgic longing for something or someone that one was fond of and which is lost. It often carries a fatalist tone and a repressed knowledge that the object of longing might really never return.
Certainly Cesaria Evora is a master at singing in that style. She can be heard on the second track in a duet with Malian Salif Keita.
But what better way to shake yourself out of a wishful longing then by some soul shakin'. Once this mix gets in the groove there is no stopping it. Seriously Funky.
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