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Polyrhythmic vocal and percussion music for dancing, performed by women, from the Cape Verdean island of Santiago.

Songs from this volcanic island, mixing together Portuguese colonial and African slave traditions, accompanied by guitars, cavaquinos and percussion.

The kind of expert, dancefloor-attuned compilation we take for granted from this label; with a generous fanzine-style booklet, stuffed with snaps and interviews. That opening track, though, is one step beyond… Bim!
LP back at last.

The Cape Verdean’s pure, intimate voice in a range of percussion-based settings, with some great trombone and accordion too.