Music

Cesária Évora, the famous «barefoot» Muse has made the music of the Archipelago internationally known, and this is the reason why she’s referred as the Ambassador of the Capeverdean music. There are plenty of artists, singers and musicians of different generations who have been distinguished in the world of Capeverdean music. Singers, musicians and composers have been introducing new sounds to the traditional and well-known rhythms, thus making the music lively and interesting.

The combination of European and African sounds made of music the utmost cultural expression of the Capeverdean people. The native sounds of Africa combined with European instruments and later with latin instruments resulted in the creation of the "Creole" music, as mestizo as the population of the Archipelago itself.

It is said that batuko, the traditional dance at the rhythm of African drums, was the first style of music played by the slaves, and its rhythm had an impact in the body of the dancers. The string instruments were introduced by the Europeans, and a new type of music began to be composed and played, the "morna", a much slower rhythm with lyrics that are mainly about love and longing. The latin influence in the music is showed in the use of wind instruments. Among the traditional and the new instruments that are combined in the natural evolution of the music of the modern times, are the conch shells and the flute used as wind instruments, the iron bar, the drums, guitars and many other acoustic instruments.

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