Boboi di Tai

Manuel Rodericks  Cape Verde (?) (19th Century) – U.S.A (?) (20th Century)  Instrumentalist (harp and violin), songwriter. Boboi, or Boboi de Tai (nickname that refers to his mother, Tai), had some of his themes recorded in 1929 by Johnny Perry Instrumental Trio. After more than 60 years, a morna of Read more…

B-29 Band/Star Orchestra 

Group, 1920-1949  B-29 was a string instrument group formed by Cape Verdean immigrants in New Bedford and existed for more than two decades. They played Cape Verdean and North American music, animating dances and parties in clubs, hotels and other venues, in addition to performing in radio studios. It is Read more…

Bulimundo

Band, 1978 – Dec 2000; 2016  The band Bulimundo appears to the City of Praia’s public in 1980, as the first in a series of concerts organized at the Cine theater of the capital to celebrate the five years of independence of Cabo Verde. Until then, the band had been Read more…