LISBON - Portuguese singer/songwriter Sara Tavares, diagnosed with a brain tumor, died on Sunday evening at the age of 45 in Lisbon, a family source told Lusa. The news of the death of the artist, of ...

Hear selections from Sara Tavares' latest CD. Sara Tavares was 4 when her father left the family to return to Cape Verde, a cluster of islands west of the African mainland. Her mother moved away to ...

One recent day, during a drive around the Presidio, I put on Sara Tavares’ Balance. As the car threaded through the trees and fog, it suddenly seemed about 30 degrees warmer. I imagined exotic birds ...

During the early years of the emergence of world music, the rootsy, old-national traditions were the first to grow into the mainstream light. In recent years, though, artists who hybridize traditions ...

Tavares performs songs from 'Balance.' Sara Tavares is a truly international talent. But the 26-year-old Portuguese-born singer, whose parents are from Cape Verde, seems most at home behind her guitar ...

Tavares brings her guitar and voice, as well as a guitar-bass-drums trio, to the Kennedy Center’s Millennium Stage for a free concert tonight at 6 p.m. » EXPRESS: One of the things that’s really ...

The three things you need to write a song, with Zara Larsson, Nina Nesbitt, Brian Higgins, Darin and Jörgen Elofsson 'My studio is a mess', with Julien Baker, mxmtoon, Thao Nguyen and Quinn ...

Tavares' travels from Portugal to her parents' homeland in Cape Verde put her in touch with her cultural roots. The journeys also brought a unique... Sara Tavares Mixes Portuguese, African Rhythms ...

Given the mix of traditions (Portuguese, African, Cuban, Brazilian) that make up Cape Verdean music, and the size of the expat market in the United States, it’s surprising no one has fully pursued a ...

Sara Tavares was 4 when her father left the family to return to Cape Verde, a cluster of islands west of the African mainland. Her mother moved away to start over in the south of Portugal. Sara was ...