sonicafrica — December 12, 2008 — Sara Tavares (born 1978) is a Portuguese singer, composer and guitarist. She is of Cape Verdean descent and grew up in Portugal. She composes African influenced world music.Tavares won the 1993/1994 final of the Endemol song contest Chuva de Estrelas (performing Whitney Houston's "One Moment in Time"), which helped her win the Portuguese Television Song Contest final in 1994, consequently earning a place the 1994 Eurovision Song Contest, with the song "Chamar a Música". In 2006 she made a TV advertising for the bank Millennium BCP.She's known for singing the European-Portuguese version of "God Help the Outcasts" for the Disney movie "The Hunchback of Notre Dame," which won a Disney award for the best translation without the original.
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WorldConnections — November 10, 2008 — The 2 cd & 1 dvd box Alive in Lisboa brings a complete selection of Sara Tavares best work, brimming with her magical sunshine soul. It includes a DVD recording of a legendary live concert in March 2007 in hometown Lisbon, Sara Tavares previously released album Balancê (2005, World Connection) and the sought after album Mi Ma Bô (1999, Sony BMG Portugal) that was produced by Lokua Kanza and sofar only published in Portugal.