There’s an old saying which states the Cape Verde Islands are home to a greater number of musicians per square kilometer than any other country in the world. In truth, such a definitive claim may be ...

Last week we listened to “The Classics”; this week, we check out the newer acts that constantly refresh the Cape Verde music scene with new talent. Our “Rising Stars” edition begins with Sara Tavares, ...

Afo Verde, the chairman/CEO of Sony Music Latin-Iberia, was fetted as Billboard’s Latin executive of the year in a private cocktail party at the Faena Hotel in Miami Beach. Verde, who has led Sony ...

I just spent 9 days in Praia, capital of Santiago, the biggest island in the Cape Verde chain. I went there to visit the Atlantic Music Expo and the Kriol Jazz Festival, and was invited because I’ve ...

The archipelago of Cape Verde has been the home of influential artists like Cesária Évora and Ildo Lobo, who have inspired many musicians in Brazil, Portugal and the rest of the world. Music is said ...

LISBON - Cesaria Evora, who started singing as a teenager in the bayside bars of Cape Verde in the 1950s and won a Grammy in 2003 after she took her African islands music to stages across the world, ...

Making the rounds with his fifth solo studio album Colores, J Balvin dropped the music video for “Verde” on Saturday (April… By Jessica Roiz Assistant Editor, Latin Making the rounds with his fifth ...

The sixty-something singer, also known as the Barefoot Diva due to her disdain of shoes, has become the international voice of Cape Verde. Queen of the deliciously melancholy morna ballads, she ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Lauren Alvarez covers music, entertainment and culture. Colombian musician and composer Jose Alvaro Osorio Balvi aka J Balvin ...

There’s an old saying which states the Cape Verde Islands are home to a greater number of musicians per square kilometer than any other country in the world. In truth, such a definitive claim may be ...

Music is said to be Cape Verde’s biggest export and a new generation of Cape Verdean singers and songwriters continue to dominate the music charts. The archipelago of Cape Verde has been the home of ...