• LURA
• 9:00pm

---PRODUCED IN ASSOCIATION WITH S.O.B.s---

LURA draws on the islands' pungent blend of trade route cultures that have created a unique musical tradition embracing French Afro-pop, Brazilian rhythms and earthy, traditional African music. Just as Mariza has breathed new life into Fado as a contemporary heir to Amalia Rodrigues.

LURA is part of a new generation of musicians rediscovering these hidden traditions of her ancestral homeland. The African musical traditions of Cape Verde are still emerging now after the nation first gained independence in 1975.

LURA continues to generate worldwide excitement for her contemporary vision of the music from the Cape Verde Islands.Thanks to her, Cape Verde’s younger generations have rediscovered their local musical heritage. They are dancing, laughing, crying and falling in love to the sounds their parents and grandparents loved as they came of age. And now audiences and critics in North America are catching onto Lura's electrifying live performances and unique interpretations of the universally loved music of the Cape Verde Islands.