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Joy Keys chats with Portuguese Singer Lura

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Special Guest: Singer Lura

The innate talent that runs through her veins makes her one  of the most recognizable african singers. Lura has been in the music industry for 20 years,

Lura was born in Portugal.

Her compositions are based on traditional Cape-Verdean music,for example the Morna, Funaná and Batuque, and influenced by African and contemporary Western music.

In 1996 she recorded her first album Nha Vida with her own compositions.

In 2006, she released M´bem di fora, she appeared at Lisbon's Teatro Tivoli.

In 2007 she sang her song Morna in the film Fados by Spanish film director Carlos Saura.

She later released Eclipse (pronunciation: ek-LEE-psee) in 2009 and a year later her compilation album Best Of which was also released on DVD.

in 2015, Lura released her album Heranca album (Heritage).

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