Dany Silva is a Cape Verdean singer, musician, composer and producer.
Biography
Dany Silva was born in the then colonial capital of
Praia, he lives in Portugal since 1961.
He started playing the violin in his father's island
Boa Vista, Cape Verde.
After his immigration to Portugal, he studied at Escola de Regentes Agrícolas de Santarém and later Engenheiro Técnico Agrário
He was one of the singers who founded the band
Os Charruos. Seven years later, he was part of the group
Quinteto Académico+2 next to
Mike Sergeant
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.
Later, he took part with Four Kings. In 1979, he recorded the
Bana single "Feel Good" in part of the program
Rock Em Stock.
He formed Bandassanhá, his first disc was "Branco, Tinto e Jeropiga", later "Estou farto:. He recorded a maxi-single "(Com elas) Crioula de S. Bento", "(Aqui É) Terra de Fé" e "Pois É... (A Vida)". He released ''Lua Vagabunda'' (''Vagabond Moon'') in 1986. The disc featured
Rui Veloso
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and
Zé Carrapa, singles included "Banhada" and "Nha Mudjé". In the late 1980s, he started a musical open space Clave de To and mainly with different artists with the Portuguese musician Rui Veloso. Until then, he only recorded with the Portuguese singer
Valentim de Carvalho
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History
The company started selling phonograph, musical instruments and music since its 1914 foundation at the Rua da Assunção, Lisbon.
It distributes EMI in Portugal ...
. He recorded in Cape Verdean Creole "Sodadi Funaná" in 1991. Also with de Carvalho, he recorded an anthology in 1994 called "A s Melhores de Dany Silva" with 16 songs, three were never released. In 1996, he recorded a compilation ''Pensa Nisto!... Todos Diferentes Todos Iguais'' and recorded "Sodade" with Riu Veloso, he participated in a special "Caminho Longe" by the
Sons da Lusofonia project. He recorded a soundtrack of a novel ''Filha do Mar'' with
Mafalda Veiga
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Discography
* ''Pássaros do sul'' (1987)
* ''Planície'' (single, 1987)
* ''Cantar'' (1988)
* ''Nada se repete'' (1992)
* ''A cor da fogueira'' (1996)
* ...
and Dina. He recorded a version of "Foi por ela" by
Fausto.
In 2004, he recorded a tribute compilation with
Amália Rodrigues
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Known as the 'Rainha do Fado' ("Queen ...
''
A Tribute To Amália'' with a single "Morrinha". Later he recorded several Creole albums especially with Portuguese musicians, with duets with
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Considered one of the most influential popular musicians in Portugal, Godinho started his music career singing folk songs o ...
and
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.
Vieira recorded with
Nancy Vieira with an album commemorating 40 years of his career.
In December 2007, along with
Celina Pereira
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Career
She was a primary school teacher in Viseu. She published her first single in 1979 ''Bobista'' (now spelt as ''Bubista'' in Boa Vista Creole ...
and Titina, they went to Brazil and were decorated at the Cape Verdean embassy in
Brasília
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.
He took part in a project "Triângulo do Atlântico" ("Atlantic Triangle") with
Pepe Ordás e
Vitorino Salomé and released "Amor em Adjectivo" in 2012.
On May 7, 2015, he appeared at Cape Verde's only jaz festival known as ''Kriol Jazz'' in the capital Praia.
Musical styles
His musical styles includes funana, kizomba, zouk, cabozouk, dances, cabo love and R & B.
Discography
Albums
* ''Feel Good''/''Everything Is Over'' (Single, Monte Cara, 1979)
* ''Branco, Tinto e Jeropiga''/... ''Até Que Fura'' (Single, VC, 1981) - Dany Silva & Bandássanhá
* ''Já Estou Farto''/''Não Há-de Ser Nada'' (Single, VC, jan/1982) - Dany Silva & Bandássanhá
* ''Crioula de S. Bento'' (''S. Bento Creoles'') (Máxi, Vc, 1982) - Dany Silva & Bandássanhá
* ''Lua Vagabunda'' (''Vagabond Moon'') (LP, EMI, 1986)
* ''Sodadi Funaná''
ortuguese: ''Sodade Funaná''(LP, EMI, 1991)
* ''Crioulas de S. Bento'' (Compilação, EMI, 1994)
* ''Tradiçon (''Tradition'') (CD, Polygram, 1999)
* ''Caminho Longi'' (''Long Road'', Badiu: ''Kaminhu Longi'') (CD, SaturdayNight/Fantasy Day, 2010)
* ''Amor em Adjectivo''
ometimes as ''Amor em Ajetivo'', ''Love in Adjective''(CD, 2012)
Singles
*"Fidju majudadu" - in ''Lua Vagabunda'' (1986) - originally by Jorge Monteiro
Collections
* ''Pensa Nisto!... Todos Differentes Todos Iguais'' (1996) - "Sodade"
* ''Três Estórias à Lareira'' (1997) - "Tema das descobertas" ("Discovery songs")
* ''Jardim da Bicharada'' (2006) - "Zebra Zulmira"
* ''
A Tribute To Amália'' (2004) - "Morrinha"
As producer
*''Alma Violão'' (1987), by
Mirri Lobo
*''Matchamor'' (1988), by Mirri Lobo
References
External links
Official website
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Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Cape Verdean musicians
20th-century Cape Verdean male singers
Cape Verdean composers
Morna (music) singers
People from Praia
21st-century Cape Verdean male singers
Cape Verdean emigrants to Portugal