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The spirit of rock & roll has hauled himself out of bed. He's called up his demons, put on his best black suit, and returned to the city's dark places. His new playmates are The Cesarians. Not since The Birthday Party crashed and burned in Berlin, have the twisted sounds of old style decadence been pumped so intensely through distorted amplifiers. London scenesters looking for a scene free of recycled rock, have found expression in The Cesarians cabaret world. Had rock and roll been born in 1930's urban Europe, and not 1930's rural America, it would have been like this;...

Cesária Évora (1941-2011) was a morna singa from Cape Verde. She was known as the "barefoot diva" because of her propensity to appear on stage in her bare feet in support of the homeless and poor women and children of her country. Born on the 27th August 1941 in the port town of Mindelo, Cape Verde, on the island of São Vicente. Long known as the queen of the morna, a soulful genre (related to the Portuguese fado) sung in Creole-Portuguese, she mixed her sentimental folk tunes filled with longing and sadness with the acoustic sounds of guitar, cavaquinho, violin,...

Devora Clark records Christian multi-genre testimony music, sharing her personal testimony in the songs she writes. Her debut CD as Delilah Clark the prodigal daughter, "Wildly Innocent", was released in 2009. Her 2nd CD, "Set Her Free" is an alternative rock story collection of overcoming addictions, released in 2010. In the summer of 2011, Devora released a Gospel-Blues single, El Shaddai. "Armour of Light" was an rock experiment in mixing/mastering. "Mt. Zion" is a prophetic 2-song Scripture Cd with Psalm 118 and Isaiah 60. Released August 2014 is "Spirit-Filled Israel" featuring the anthem for Israel, Psalm 118. DeVora is currently...