Sara Tavares is a Portuguese singer-songwriter of Cape Verdean origin. This release is recommended for people who don't know her yet. The set contains Tavares' second and third studio albums Mi Ma Bô and Balancê in one, albeit without a CD booklet, and a DVD. The DVD entitled Alive In Lisboa is a new release with a concert held on March 27, 2007 at the Cinema S. Jorge in Lisbon. During this concert,
… Tavares sings songs from the above albums, accompanied acoustically by band members with roots in Guinea Bissau, Angola, Cape Verde and Portugal. Cape Verdean artist Boy Gé Mendes is Tavares' special guest. Tavares' music is just as versatile and varied as her band composition: influences from Western and Afro-pop, fado, jazz and Cape Verdean rhythms merge smoothly into a light and often swinging whole. The charming singer starts the concert very intimately with the singing and plucking of the thumb piano, but gradually the concert turns into a party where she gets the whole hall to sing for three voices. (SvdP)more
