She died on Sunday 7t, the singer Herminia d'Antonia de Sal frail woman, the artist, born in S. Vicente, she was nonetheless a master of voice and portentous one that was captured only on two discs.

Herminia learned to sing with her mother who played the guitar and the "cavaquinho" and spread her talent for the nooks of this island for decades. But as Cesaria Evora, she remained unknown to the general public for decades.

And, as the barefoot diva, which was her cousin, Herminia got some chance in the artistic world only very late in life. She recorded two albums, the first (Coraçon Leve), with lyrics and music by Vasco Martins. The second - Do Sal - with compositions by various authors, was not yet known to the general public.

However, unlike Cize she did not achieved international fame that certainly deserved. In the life of the singer, who was also much loved in France, maybe had missed Djô da Silva to could sure give her a decisive push toward the limelight.