Cape Verdean singer Anicio Rodriguez visited Lisbon and presented his music in a concert at B.Leza.
Born in Santo Antao but living in Mindelo, on the neighboring island of Sao Vicente, at the age of five he played his first “guitar” chords. The brothers played the guitar, and the mother and sisters sang in the choir. In church he sang psalms.
In Santo Antao, together with friends, he began his adventure with the group MIx Cultura. “We were lucky with this group, in 2006 we came to Lisbon to perform in the old B.Leza,” recalls the Cape Verdean singer.
The music of Mix Cultura was greatly influenced by jazz. “At the time, we risked saying it was jazz from Santo Antao,” he says in a joking tone. “It was a different song,” he emphasizes.
When he moved to San Vicente, he found other performers with a different sound in traditional music. And in Mindelo Carnival has a wonderful tradition. “It is very powerful, it touches people, they even say that Carnival is in their blood. I didn’t have it, but they injected me, ”the singer admits. And it was with carnival themes that he became popular in Cape Verde. “Wherever I go, if I don’t sing Ê tud e bada, people will boo,” jokes Anicio Rodrigues, who always has a lot of coladeira and carnival rhythms at concerts.
In July of this year, he released an EP that is very different from his usual work. “I wanted to show that I have another side. B-side for songwriting. “No Stress” is not the title of the EP, but it is the single I chose to present it with. In addition to being a musician, I am also a tour guide. We present the country to tourists as a country “under stress”, and in the video clip I start to wait for the tourist who is going to Mindela and introduce the tourist sites,” says Anicio Rodriguez about the video clip, which begins with the display of the statue. prima donnas barefoot, at the exit of Cesaria Evora airport, reach Monte Cara, check in at the entrance to Mindela, stroll through the streets and squares of the city, and where there is no shortage of heated tocatina by the fire on the beach at the end of the day Rodriguez.
Author: Thiago Souza Diaz
Source: CM Jornal
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