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 ...

The set began with some ambient street sounds recorded by the singer in Lisbon, before drifting in to “Manso, Manso”, a track from her latest album Xinti (which translates as “Feel It”). Although Sara ...

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 ...

July 6, 2007 • 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 mix of sounds to the singer/songwriter ...