Artist profile
Cesaria Evora was a Cape Verdean singer known for her distinctive contralto voice and interpretations of morna and coladeira, traditional genres from the Cape Verde islands. Her music blended melancholic storytelling with subtle arrangements, drawing from the cultural heritage of her homeland.
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Cesaria Evora is a restrained with strong groove and a balanced bright/warm production — mostly instrumental artist.
Unusually high vocal presence for African.
Across 4 analysed tracks, Cesaria Evora averages 39% energy — gentler than 73% of individual African tracks — and 78% groove, groovier than 70%.
Measured against 540 African tracks on 11 August 2026.
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Similarity data from Last.fm. BPM, key and energy on this page are measured from the recordings in our catalog.
Cesaria Evora's tracks in our catalog range from 121 to 151 BPM, with a median of 123 BPM. Across 4 tracks, the most common range falls in the 125–130 BPM bucket.
Cesaria Evora's tracks are mostly in minor keys (100% minor across 4 tracks). The most common single key is 9A (E Minor) with 1 track.
Cesaria Evora sits closest to Mayra Andrade, Lura, Lhasa De Sela in our catalog. That ranking is audience overlap — the artists their listeners also play — rather than a measured key-and-tempo match, so treat it as a shortlist worth digging through, not a promise that any two tracks will beatmatch. The full list, with track counts, is in the Related artists section above.
Our catalog has Cesaria Evora releases spanning 1992 to 2003, with the most tracks from the 1990s.