In this short video Portuguese singer Carmen Souza speaks about her third album “ Protegid” (which she recorded with Theo Pas’cal), her Cape Verdean roots, the “Rabelados” (Creole for ‘rebels’, or, ‘non-violent rebels of the Cape Verde Island’, as they are known these days) and jazz pianist Horace Silver (himself born to a Cape Verdean father).
Here’s a great live recording of her playing “Song for my father”:
We like our jazz.–Tom Devriendt