Ceuzany: Ilha d’Melodia

Ceuzany: Ilha d’Melodia

March 14, 2017

Bridge to Distant Islands Listening Post 90. We think of islands as isolated places, but Cape Verde, the archipelago off Africa’s west coast, has enough tourists and more than enough expatriates to ensure constant traffic and ample opportunity for its prodigiously...
Lura: Herança

Lura: Herança

September 5, 2016

Tracks to an Island Home Listening Post 63. Cape Verde has a diverse musical palette, but the international renown of the late Cesária Évora skewed the island nation’s reputation toward the melancholy morna style. Lura idolized Évora, with whom she performed, but she...