This newly assembled 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 her hometown Lisbon, material from her previously released album Balance (2005, World Connection) and the sought after album Mi Ma So (1999, Sony BMG Portugal) that was produced by Lokua Kanza and so far only published in Portugal. Buy Alive! in Lisboa

Sara’s Balance album was a critical success in the UK (and indeed worldwide). She was heavily reviewed (Guardian, Independent, Telegraph, Songlines, fROOTS, Sunday Times, Daily Express, Time Out, Morning Star, New Internationalist, amongst others) and featured on its original release (a full-page feature appeared in The Guardian pius a 2-cage one in fROOTS magazine and she performed on Later...With Jools BBC 2 TV). She was also nominated in the NEWCOMER category of the BBC Radio 3 World Music Awards 2007. Since then she has been on a relentless international touring schedule but returns to the UK this Spring:

On 24Apr11 2009, Sara will support the legendary Malian diva Oumou Sangare in a concert at The Barbican, London.