Name? Santana, Ribeira Grande, Santiago, date? Singer, composer Living in the United States since 1986, Chandinho danced hip-hop and later became a DJ before recording his first album in 1995. Baybe Yella was based on his knowledge of what audiences enjoyed in nightclubs, blending different styles and experimenting with hip-hop and zouk, Read more
Group, 2000 Formed in 2000 in Brockton, Afrika Rainbow is a reggae group whose lyrics focus on Africa and, in particular, on the experiences of African people in the Unites States, according to the website of the Festival Itinerante de Música Alternativa (FIMA) (http://fima.blogs.sapo.cv/506.html), held in 2012 in Cabo Verde, in Read more
Band, 1917 – [?] Cape Verdean Ultramarine Band Club was a pioneer musical group in the Cape Verdean community in the U.S. (until then, the musical activities were simply informal). Born in 1917 in New Bedford with the sponsorship of a group of Cape Verdean entrepreneurs and of the Cape Read more
Click here to listen to songs about Amilcar Cabral And here to listen to rap about Cabral Amilcar Lopes Cabral Batafá, Portuguese Guinea, 1924 – Conakry, Guinea Conakry, 1973 Songwriter, personality The founder of PAIGC and leader of the liberation struggle of Guinea and Cabo Verde, Amílcar Cabral, had a Read more
Joaquim de Pina Fajã d’Água, Brava, 1950s Singer, songwriter, producer, businessman Romantic singer, but with an eclectic repertoire where there’s room for the various Cape Verdean rhythms, from morna to funaná, including koladera, and even space for zouk at times and Brazilian music, of which he is an admirer. He Read more
Horace Ward Martin Tavares Silver Norwalk, Connecticut, U.S.A, 1928 – U.S.A, 2014 Instrumentalist (piano), songwriter The American pianist and songwriter, appointed as the creator of hard-bop and one of the biggest names in jazz since the 1950’s is a son of a Cape Verdean immigrant from the island of Maio Read more