João Cirilo

João Cirilo Pereira Monteiro  Polon de Engenho, Santa Catarina, Santiago, 1954  Singer, songwriter, instrumentalist (harmonica, guitar)  Although João Cirilo is always associated with funaná, mornas, koladeras, reggae, and other rhythms are also part of his repertoire, depending on the times. His first album is Ilusão dess mundo, from 1978, accompanied Read more…

Bibliography

Some works in English on Cabo Verdean music Barboza, Ronald. A salute to the Cape Verdean musicians and their music. New Bedford: Documentation and Computerization of the Cape Verdeans, 1989. Hoffman, JoAnne,  “Diasporic Networks, Political Change, and the Growth of Cabo-Zouk Music”. In Jørgen Carling & Luís Batalha (eds.), Transnational Read more…

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