World Music: Gabriela Mendes, "Tradição"
(Cape Verde) Gabriela Mendes was born in Mindelo, in Cape Verde. Her voice is admirably suited for the traditional music of the island - it is relaxed, almost languid, and has a pleasing, deep timbre, not unlike her fellow Mindeloan, Cesaria Evora. "Tradição" is a lilting coladeira, a dance rhythm, but the song has the inevitable undertone of Portuguese saudade , as it commiserates with those forced to leave the island for a better life, while urging them to come back often to partake of the homeland's less material riches.
(Cape Verde) Gabriela Mendes was born in Mindelo, in Cape Verde. Her voice is admirably suited for the traditional music of the island - it is relaxed, almost languid, and has a pleasing, deep timbre, not unlike her fellow Mindeloan, Cesaria Evora. "Tradição" is a lilting coladeira, a dance rhythm, but the song has the inevitable undertone of Portuguese saudade , as it commiserates with those forced to leave the island for a better life, while urging them to come back often to partake of the homeland's less material riches.
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World Music: Gabriela Mendes, "Tradição"
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