''Kap Verd Band'' or ''Kab Verd Band'' (

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: ''Banda de Cabo Verde'', English: ''Cape Verdean Bands'') is a music history book published in 2006 by Cape Verdean journalist and investigator Carlos Filipe Gonçalves. It was published by the Institute of the National Historic Archives and has been distributed and marketed by the

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Institute."Kap Verd Band" by Carlos Gonçalves
at Esquina do Tempo The book includes interviews, conversations, meetings and found written documents by different authors, mainly those from the late 20th century on Cape Verdean music. It included studies on all the Capeverdean music genres, notably colá, festa da bandeira, batuque, tabanka, morna and a few more. He also gives a description on musical instruments (ex.

cimboa The ''cimboa'' (), also known as the ''cimbó'' , is a musical instrument from Cape Verde. It is a bowed chordophone that was traditionally used to be played with the batuque dances. The ''cimboa'' is composed of the instrument proper and ...

and ferrinho) which formed a part of Capeverdean music, ensembles, voices, discography, birth of the editors and queen of its music. He wrote the edition with a large graphic quantity. The book has 250 pages widely illustrated with some dozens of photos, some historic and rare. Also the book includes some of the famous artists including

Cesária Évora Cesária Évora GCIH (; 27 August 194117 December 2011), more commonly known as Cize, was a Cape Verdean singer-songwriter. She received a Grammy Award in 2004 for her album ''Voz d'Amor''. Nicknamed the "Barefoot Diva" for performing without ...

, Bana, Codé di Dona,

Dany Silva 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 ...

, Gil Semedo and a few more.

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"Kap Verd Band" by Carlos Gonçalves
- Esquina do Tempo 2006 non-fiction books Cape Verdean literature Cape Verdean music {{music-book-stub

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