Following her Grammy-nominated Cafe Atlantico, this 2001 release from the Cape Verde diva is both a souvenir album looking back at tougher days -- which she remembers with nostalgia despite the hardship -- and the album of a woman fulfilled, happy to have finally achieved widespread recognition. It features contributions by musical greats like Caetano Veloso, Orquesta Aragon, and even includes a most lusciously haunting duet with Bonnie Raitt -- alone worth the price of the disc; recommended!

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