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Quintal Da Música
Quintal da Música, abbreviation: 5tal da Música is a music pub located in the downtown area of Praia, the Plateau and is located at 70A Avenida Amílcar Cabral in the northern part of the center, across Rua António Pusich and south of Rua António Macedo. It is one of the most famous and most used pubs and music pubs in Cape Verde. Nearby buildings includes the Wari cell phone store, southeast is Museu Etnográfico da Praia and northeast is the PAICV office. About the pub The music club has traditional Capeverdean music including batuque, funaná and coladeira performed. Several great Capeverdan musicians has performed at the pub. Several traditional dishes are offered in the club including their style of cachupa rica. The building is of colonial neoclassical architecture, three businesses occupy a part of the attached building. The building is one story without a roof and today is colored white, it has light blue facade on its entrance. The club name is written in blue. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Praia - Musiklokal
Praia (, Portuguese for "beach") is the capital and largest city of Cape Verde.Cape Verde, Statistical Yearbook 2015 Instituto Nacional de Estatística Located on the southern coast of Santiago island, within the group, the city is the seat of the P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Travadinha
António Vicente Lopes (d. 1987), better known as Antoninho Travadinha was one of the major autodidactic musicians of Cape Verde originated from Janela in Paúl the island of Santo Antão. He performed the popular dances when he was only nine years old, and made himself internationally famous when he became forty, by the time he undertook a tournée in Portugal. One of his albums was recorded in Lisbon at the Hot Club (oldest Jazz Club in Portugal). Other than the violin, Travadinha played wonderfully well with the twelve string guitar, the cavaquinho and the guitar. Travadinha interpreted traditional music styles of Cape Verde including the '' morna'' and ''coladera The ''coladeira'' (; Cape Verdean Creole: ''koladera,'' ) is a music genre from the Cape Verde islands in the central Atlantic Ocean. It is characterized by a variable tempo, a 2-beat Bar (music), bar, and (in its most traditional form) a harmon ...''. One of his songs Travadinha made was "Feiticeira di c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plateau Of Praia
''Plateau'' is the historic centre of the capital city of Praia in the island of Santiago, Cape Verde. It gets its name (from French “plateau”) because it is situated on a plateau overlooking the port of Praia. Its average elevation is 37 meters above sea level. The population of ''Plateau'' was 1,019 at the 2010 census. Many public buildings are situated in ''Plateau'', notably the Presidential Palace, the cathedral, the city hall and the Ethnographic Museum. Adjacent neighbourhoods are Gamboa/Chã de Areia to the south, Várzea to the southwest and west, Achadinha to the northwest, Fazenda to the north and Praia Negra to the east. History Praia was founded as a small village near the natural harbour in the early 16th century. Due to its strategic position on a plateau it was easily defended against pirate attacks, which gave it a large advantage over the older city of Ribeira Grande (Cidade Velha). It gradually superseded Cidade Velha to become the most important ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Music Of Cape Verde
Cape Verde is known internationally for '' morna'', a form of folk music usually sung in the Cape Verdean Creole, accompanied by clarinet, violin, guitar and cavaquinho. ''Funaná'', ''Coladeira'', '' Batuque'' and '' Cabo love'' are other musical forms. Language In the contrary of Cape Verdean literature, the music of Cape Verde is performed in Cape Verdean Creole and not in Portuguese. Therefore, the music, in Cape Verde, is considered to be creolophone and not lusophone. Songs composed in Portuguese do exist (for instance, ''“Mar eterno”'' from Eugénio Tavares, ''“Ponta do Sol”'' from António Caldeira Marques, ''“Separação”'' from Palmeirinho) but are extremely scarce. History Cape Verde is an island archipelago that was uninhabited until the Portuguese arrived in 1462. The sailors brought with them African slaves, and the islands' population became mixed with elements of both races. Climate conditions made the islands inhospitable, and the Portuguese governments ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abílio Duarte
Abílio Augusto Monteiro Duarte (16 February 1931 – 20 August 1996) was a Cape Verdean nationalist and early political leader in the independence era. Biography He was born in Praia, at the time colonial capital of Cape Verde. He was educated at Liceu Gil Eanes in Mindelo. He took part in resistance of colonial rule starting in 1953 and wrote articles related to nationalism including the review ''Claridade''. In February 1956, along with other writers from Angola and Mozambique, he took part in the First Congress of Black Writers in Paris. In, 1957, he went to Dakar, Senegal with the militants helping their independence movement in Senegal, later he visited Bissau together with other nationalists. He worked with and was later married to Dulce Almada. After Cape Verde became independent, Duarte was the President of the National Assembly from 1975 to 1991, and he was the first foreign minister of newly independent Cape Verde from 1975 to 1981, he was succeeded by Silvino Manu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manuel De Novas
Manuel d' Novas (February 24, 1938 — September 28, 2009) was a Cape Verdean poet and composer. Biography Manuel Jesus Lopes was born in Penha da França, one of the neighbourhoods of Ribeira Grande on the island of Santo Antão, he became one of the most important poets and composers of Cape Verde. His music is known all over the world, through performers like Cesária Évora, Bana and others. He lived in Mindelo on the island of São Vicente. He visited 35 Rua de Moeda where other Cape Verdean musicians visited including Bana. He took part in the 2003 Baía das Gatas Music Festival. Manuel died on September 27, 2009, from a stroke he suffered for three years that started in Portugal, after staying at the hospital named Baptista de Sousa for about a week. He was buried later in Mindelo. Some famous poems in crioul * ''Apocalipse'' * ''Nôs raça'', ''D. Ana'', ''Cumpade Cizóne'', ''Ess Pais'' * ''Tudo tem se limite'', ''Cumpade Ciznone'' * ''Lamento d'um emigrante'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ildo Lobo
Ildo Lobo (November 25, 1953 – October 20, 2004) was a Cape Verdean singer. His versatile and melodic voice, commanding stage presence and trademark berets made him one of the most recognizable performers in Cape Verde."Ildo Lobo, Cape Verde's Greatest Male Singer Passed Away" at ''World Music Central'' Always well known throughout the Cape Verde Islands, Lobo rose to international fame with his first solo work, "''Nôs Morna''", following it with another album "''Intellectual''". Biography Lobo was born on the island of Sal in the town of |
Lela Violão
Lela Violão, born Manuel Tomás da Cruz (January 18, 1929 – April 5, 2009) was a Cape Verdean singer and composer. Lela Violão was born on the island of São Vicente, his father was Tomás Manuel da Cruz and his mother was Isabel Ana Oliveira. Lela started playing the violin at 8 years old, he brought a large generation of musicians and composers which performed festivals and series. He took part with more recent generation and was modeled by his music, kept the register from other ears. He was part of a musical group Simentera. He worked in Roça Água-Izé in São Tomé and Príncipe where as a result of an accident, he lost his middle finger and which he started to play the violin only with his nine fingers. He recorded his only disc when he was 78, the CD featured 12 singles with Cape Verdean traditional music, ''Chamado Caldo de Rabeca'' (fiddle, stringed instrument), the disc was made in partnership of a musician of Czech origin Martin Schaefer, known for his crea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jotamont
Jotamont or Jorge Fernandes Monteiro (October 1, 1912 - November 21, 1998) was a Cape Verdean musician and composer. He was born on a boat bound for the United States of America, where his parents hoped to find better living conditions. He attended the Gil Eanes lyceum in Mindelo and a Lisbon conservatory. He was a virtuoso on the trumpet. Mornas Jotamont composed a number of mornas Mornas (; oc, Mornats) is a commune in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France. Name The settlement is attested as ''Morenatus'' in 822, ''Murenatis'' in 837 and ''Mornatz'' ca. 1178. See also ..., a music and dance genre from Cape Verde. The English translation of the titles is in brackets. *''São Cente'' (''Saint Vicent'') *''Mindelo nha terra'' (''Mindelo, Our Land'') *Nha terra bô ca tá imaginá'' *''Fidjo Magoado'' *''Êsse ê quê Mindelo nôs querido cantim'' *''Dez grãozinhos de terra'' *''Lolinha'' *''Nôs Mãe'' *''Engenheiro hum ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fernando Quejas
Fernando Aguilar Quejas (April 30, 1922 in Praia, Cape Verde – October 28, 2005 in Lisbon, Portugal) was a singer and a songwriter of Cape Verde. Biography Quejas left his home in Cape Verde for Portugal in 1947. In the 1950s, he published under the Portuguese Label "Alvorada" with 22 albums. In the 1960s and 1970s, he did numerous appearances throughout the world. He was the most renowned singer of melancholic morna in blues-style of Cape Verde In 1945, he operated Cape Verde's first radio station named "Radio Clube de Cabo Verde (Radio Praia)". He returned to sing in his native island in 1990 by an invitation by its parliament In modern politics, and history, a parliament is a legislative body of government. Generally, a modern parliament has three functions: representing the electorate, making laws, and overseeing the government via hearings and inquiries. Th .... Further reading *Richard A. Lobban Jr et Paul Khalil Saucier, "Fernando Quejas", in ''Historic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vadú
Vadú, nickname of Osvaldo Furtado, (January 31, 1977 – January 12, 2010) was a Cape Verdean singer and musician. He defined himself as a real "Badiu" or ironically as a "civilized Black". He was a nephew of the brothers of Zezé and Zeca di Nha Reinalda, two great names of the Santiago Island musical scene, Vadú studied in Cuba between 1990 and 1993 where he "drank" the Music of Cuba, current of Cuban music. He appeared in music in 2002 with his first album ''Ayan'' (English: yes, Portuguese: sim), in which he contributed three tracks, accompanied by members of the funaná sensational group Ferro Gaita, he later recorded two discs, ''Nha raiz'' (or ''Nha rais'', ''My roots'') in 2004 with the participation of renowned Cape Verdean musicians and ''Dixi Rubera'' in 2007 where he continued the path of popular rhythms and interior styles of Santiago including batuque (music and dance), batuque, tabanka and funaná along with Latin influences. He was also a virtuoso guitari ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
