Articles
Stories, analyses, and voices of Cape Verdean culture.
The Morna Has Always Been, and Will Always Be, a Source
Vasco Martins travelled through the morna's imaginary and returned with an orchestral work that is, in his own words, a testimony to its greatness. A record that arrived before the UNESCO recognition — and deserved to.
António Nunes: The Morna, the Dance, and the "Poems from Afar"
Two poems, two scenes, one music: António Nunes captured the morna with the precision of someone who felt it from within — a legacy nuubai revisits, and that UNESCO gave to the world.
Eri Manuel: Voice, Soul, Troubadour, and a Stage That Fits Like a Second Skin
Eri Manuel is 20 years old, with a voice that needs no introduction and the quiet certainty of someone who already belongs on stage. A contemporary troubadour on his way to the world's stages.
"Mar e Luz" — Sea and Light: Mário Lúcio Sousa's Most Intimate Album
Mário Lúcio Sousa at his most unguarded: "Mar e Luz" is an album of islands, silences and pure feeling — and the soul behind the Pela Paz festival it inspired.
Tcheka: A Decade, a Music, and an Originally Intense Whole. An Always That Became the World
Tcheka: a voice the Praia of the 90s kept in a corner of Pub TEX — original, intense, and inevitable. A singer-songwriter who never needed to announce himself to become the world.
Alicia Freitas: A Composer Who Lets the Music Speak for the Things That Matter
Alicia Freitas: purity, emotion, and rare maturity, where technique and silence come together in a deeply authentic musical expression already greater than the stage.
Yacine Rosa: Music and Stage Dressed in Cabo Verde
Yancine Rosa: a rare presence, where simplicity and intensity give form to a deeply Cabo Verdean music, ready for the world.
Tibau Tavares
Simplicity, truth, and a deep connection to the island of Maio, in music that flows effortlessly and transforms everyday life into lasting emotion.
Sêrena – Sérgio Figueira
Tradition, experimentation, and identity in a language of his own, where Sérgio Figueira bridges Cabo Verde and the world in rare balance.
EU.CLIDES
Rigor, evolution, and a distinct artistic identity affirmed in an intense performance in his hometown, where music, aesthetics, and shared experience merge into a signature of his own.