Artist: Sara Tavares
Genre(s):
Folk
Discography:
Balance
Year: 2006
Tracks: 13
Afro-Portuguese ballad maker Sara Tavares was innate in 1978 and brought up in Lisbon. Second-generation Portuguese of Cape Verdean seemly, Sara was brought up by an elderly matriarch in her community after her founder left for the States in search of a better life, her mother having traveled south in pursuit of the like ends. Sara showed outstanding musical promise from a cy Young years, a potency that was cultivated and bore fruit spell Tavares was still in her teens. Winning the Endemol song contest Chuva de Estrelas, followed by a triumph at the Portuguese Television Song Contest in 1994, earned Tavares a slot on the Eurovision Song Contest, all at the age of 16. Her winning song, "Chamar a Musica," was featured on her debut single acquittance, Sara Tavares & Shout (1996), where Tavares mixed gospel and funk with her Portuguese influences. Performing and writing songs in a ruffle of Portuguese, Crioulo, and English, Tavares spoke to her have bemused propagation of Cape Verdeans and Afro-European immigrants world Health Organization searched to define their unique culture. Her sophomore elbow grease, Mi Ma Bo, released by RCA in 1999, marked a noticeable change in direction toward Afro-pop. The record went gold in Portugal, announcing Tavares' arrival as a national star. After a five-year wait, bore fans were treated to Tavares' third album, released independently in 2006. On Balancê, Tavares penned all of the repertory and added percussion to her list of credits, in addition to guitar and voice. Full of messages of promise and self-worth, Tavares' Balancê established her as one of the diaspora's most trenchant and influential artistic voices.
