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Carmen Souza - Protegid

world, ethno jazz | Cape Verde

Tracklist:

01. M Sta Li Ma Bo (04:07)

02. Afri Ka (05:41)

03. Dos Eternidade (04:42)

04. Tente Midj (04:15)

05. Protegid (03:52)

06. Dxam Ess Moment (03:47)

07. Sodade (04:31)

08. Song For My Father (06:11)

09. Kem E Bo (03:56)

10. Magia Ca Tem (06:14)

11. Decison (04:47)

12. Mara Marga (04:26)

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Carmen Souza was born (1981) in Lisbon within a Christian family of Cape Verdeans. Very young she experienced the "Sodade" feeling of missing someone with the long absence of her father due to his work at sea. She grew up in a mixed environment of Creole, the Cape Verde dialect her parents spoke at home, and Portuguese, always surrounded by the capeverdean way of life.

Carmen started singing professionally at the age of 17 in a Lusophone Gospel Choir and since then she participated in several projects from Funky to Soul, Jazz and World music, with whom she toured extensively. Her compositions were also included in albums released by projects where she participated has singer.

Being a strong spiritual person, Carmen always saw music has her mission and felt privilege to have the opportunity to express herself through it, working hard every day to deserve that opportunity. Musicians like Luis Morais, Theo Pas'cal, Ella Fitzgerald, Joe Zawinul, Herbie Hancock, Keith Jarret, Diana Krall, etc, are definitely the ones that truly inspire her evolution and search for a personal style different from anything you ever heard.

Theo Pas'cal, her producer and mentor and one of the best bass players in Portugal, was the one to discover her talent and introduce Carmen to Jazz, Fusion and other contemporary sounds that really influenced her.

In 2003, together with Theo, Carmen started working in 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.

"Ess ê nha Cabo Verde", released in 2005, and later in 2006 released in a Special roots edition, received great reviews from the International press and Cape Verde press not only in Cape Verde but also in USA and was considered by the critics as a reflection of Cape Verde music evolution. The album made it to playlist in several radio programs in countries like: Portugal, Spain, Uk, France, Germany, Holland, Poland, Russia, Cape Verde, Canada and USA and is also distributed in several countries.

Carmen international live debut happen in July 2005 during the Womad Festival in Reading, UK , by the hand of BBC3 on their "World on your street” stage. The public present responded enthusiastically, buying all the records at Womad Shop and characterizing the concert at BBC3 Website like: "A celebration! Inspiring! Uplifting! Calming! I first heard Carmen Souza at Womad and felt the warmth and strength in her voice. It was a wonderful and peaceful experience-one which I was determined to repeat...", "The concert was amazing really simple but really rich at the same time....it gave me such a peace...", "Caught this at WOMAD and it was really immediate and beautiful music, poignant and uplifting at the same time...".

Since that concert She has also wowed the crowds on larger stages at Toronto Afro Fest-Canada, Bray Jazz Festival - Ireland or Ulsan World Music Fest in South Korea, among others , leaving a trace of deadly captivating performances everywhere she goes.

By the end of 2007 Carmen sign a licensing deal with German Label Connecting Cultures/Choice Music for the Worldwide distribution of her second new album "Verdade"(2008) earning the tools to continue her innovative and outstanding work.Once again received amazing reviews from the International Press worldwide. In “Verdade” Carmen Souza signs an exciting and melodically vibrant repertoire in Creole that, say Alex Robinson in SONGLINES(UK) : "gets progressively more interesting on each subsequent listen." She also co-produces the album and features on Wurlitzer and guitar. "Verdade", which means “truth”, is an excellent title that explains the incredible authenticity of her music" Says Matt Forss from the INSIDE WORLD MUSIC (USA).

Carmen absorbed all her influences from her ancestral Cape Verde and “the world of Jazz”, that so much inspires her, to create something truly unique that will appeal to a bigger and even more sophisticated audience beyond World Music. "Carmen Souza is carving her own little Afro-European jazz niche here — smooth but not too soft, mellow without being too laid-back, and with a neat approach to song-craft." Says Con Murphy on FlY(UK).

Her uniqueness was already spotted by music specialists in US and Carmen Souza name and music will be referenced in 2 different books to be released in 2010. At the world-renowned ethnomusicologist on Africa and Jazz Musician, Gerhard Kubik's next book “Jazz Transatlantic” and “Beyond Independence: Globalization, Postcolonialism, and the Cultures of Lusophone Africa”, the most extensive study in English on the globalization of Cape Verdean music by Fernando Arenas from the University of Minnesota.

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