Last week we listened to “The Classics”; this week, we check out the newer acts that constantly refresh the Cape Verde music scene with new talent. Our “Rising Stars” edition begins with Sara Tavares, ...

I just spent 9 days in Praia, capital of Santiago, the biggest island in the Cape Verde chain. I went there to visit the Atlantic Music Expo and the Kriol Jazz Festival, and was invited because I’ve ...

There’s an old saying which states the Cape Verde Islands are home to a greater number of musicians per square kilometer than any other country in the world. In truth, such a definitive claim may be ...

The tiny island nation with a big voice has launched its own professional music market ahead of the Kriol Jazz Festival. At the first night of the Kriol Jazz Festival, an annual showcase of Cape ...

The Atlantic Music Expo (AME) in Praia, Cape Verde, is far more than just a music market—it’s a hub of talent and cultural exchange, bridging the musical worlds of Africa and the Americas. Held ...

In Cape Verde, music is more than just an art form – it is central to the country's national identity and economy. Experts estimate that around a quarter of all jobs in the archipelago are in some way ...

“You’ve arrived a day late,” said Khyra, the local singer we befriended outside a bar on our first night in Cape Verde. “Yesterday was the big night here in Praia.” In the capital city of this West ...

LISBON - Cesaria Evora, who started singing as a teenager in the bayside bars of Cape Verde in the 1950s and won a Grammy in 2003 after she took her African islands music to stages across the world, ...