She was born in Lisbon in 1975 and has little by little become aware of her Cape Verdean identity. She has learn Creole at home and from her friends at school, and today she is able to speak and write songs in what she considers her mother tongue.
As a child Lura wanted to become a dancer, later she worked as a swimming teacher in Lisbon. She has been acting with the Plano Seis theatre company, an experience that has helped a lot on stage and given her stage peformance a boost. Gradually Lura has been dragged into music, and she has now released 3 albums, the first in 1996, at the age of 21. The song "Nha Vida" was chosen for the Portuguese compilation "Ond Sonora Red Hot", which included many of the greatest performers of the Portugues speaking world, among them Caetano Veloso.
In November 2003 Lura performed with several other young,female singers in the UK, as part of the "Women of Cape Verde" show.
Lura has a sweet, but powerful voice, and is based in what one might call Afropop. But there is also another tendency; she seems to become more and more aware of her Cape Verdean roots, and she is on her way to establish a new and modernised Cape Verdean sound, influenced by international pop as well as rhythm and blues and jazz. She rocked the house last year when she was touring in the states. She is a rising star!
