Carmen Souza interviewed.

Carmen Souza, interviewed by Wallee McDonnell at St Ethelburga's, London. Friday Dec 4th 2009.

Carmen was born in 1981 in Lisbon within a Christian family of Cape Verdeans. At a young age she experienced the "Sodade" feeling of missing someone with the long absence of her father due to his work at sea.

Carmen grew up in a mixed environment of Creole, the Cape Verde dialect her parents spoke at home, and Portuguese, always surrounded by the Cape Verdean way of life. Being a strong spiritual person, Carmen always saw music as her mission and felt it a privilege to have the opportunity to express herself through it, working hard every day to deserve that opportunity. In 2003, together with one of Portugals leading bass players Theo Pas'cal, she started working on the compositions that would be included in her debut album "Ess ê nha Cabo Verde".

Carmen wanted to create a new and unique sound in her ancestors dialect, Creole, that would mix traditional African and Cape Verde rhythms like Batuke, Morna, Cola djon, and others, with her jazz/soul contemporary influences, in a totally intimate and acoustic vibe, different from the traditional festive environment of Cape Verdean sounds.

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Parabéns bô ta fazê o ke pôk artistas ka ta fzê kê rekreá músika , ainda por cima bô ta exekutá alguns instrumentos o ke ê muit bom.