On my first proper night in Praia, the capital of the island of Santiago, I saw a much more upbeat local group, Ferro Gaita, at the Atlantic Music Expo (AME), which is an off-shoot of WOMEX, the ...

Morna, traditional music and dance from Cape Verde, was approved by UNESCO as an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. This was announced by Cape Verde’s Minister of Culture, Abraão Vicente, on 7 ...

The Cape Verde islands are known for the sorrowful songs of the late “barefoot diva” Cesária Évora, but the archipelago has spawned more sprightly genres, cross-pollinating its African and Portuguese ...

A new compilation documents the strange history of the African country’s groove-laden sound, formed following the discovery of a boatload of synths In a calm morning in March 1968, a shipment carrying ...