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Morna is by far the most popular genre of Cape Verdean music, and it has produced an international superstar in Cesária Évora. Morna is a national song-style, like Argentinian tango, beloved by Cape Verdeans across the many islands of the country.
Lyrics are usually in Cape Verdean Creole, and instrumentation often includes cavaquinho, clarinet, accordion, violin, piano and guitar. Morna is widely considered the national music of Cape Verde, [3] as is the fado for Portugal, the tango for Argentina, the merengue for Dominican Republic, the rumba for Cuba, and so on.
Music organizations based in Cape Verde (1 C) Cape Verdean musicians (6 C, 13 P) S. Cape Verdean songs (1 C) Pages in category "Music of Cape Verde"
Music portal Subcategories. This category has the following 6 subcategories, out of 6 total. ... 21st-century Cape Verdean musicians (1 C), American musicians of Cape ...
This article is a list of notable people related to Cape Verde. ... singer and composer, founder of Paris-based Cape Verdean music bands Cabo Verde Show, Mendes e ...
Music portal Subcategories. This category has the following 5 subcategories, out of 5 total. ... 20th-century Cape Verdean singers (2 C) 21st-century Cape Verdean ...
The group performed traditional Capeverdean music with electronic instruments, which the band gave new ways with an acoustic guitar. A local magazine called Simentera the "newest face of the other Capeverdean music". Its group members came from different professions, one of them included Lela Violão. They were one of the few Capeverdeans that ...
The coladeira (Portuguese pronunciation: [kulɐˈðɐjɾɐ]; Cape Verdean Creole: koladera, [kolɐˈdeɾɐ]) 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, and (in its most traditional form) a harmonic structure based in a cycle of fifths.