Line up

• Carmen Souza (Voice, Acoustic Guitar, Wurlitzer or Rhodes)
• Paulo Rosa (Percussion)
• Theo Pas'cal (Acoustic Bass, Double Bass, Backvocals)
• Victor Zamora (Acoustic Piano)

• country:
  Cape Verde
• style(s):
  Afro Jazz
• label:
  Connecting Cultures Records / Choice Music BV
• type:
  Band, Solist, Composer/Songwriter
• gender:
  female
• instrumentation:
  vocal
• artist submitted by:
  José Melo - Music Productions & Management

Carmen Souza is not the usual traditional Cape Verdean singer, she's not comparable to any other, she has her own space with her unmistakeably female, but dark, deep and earthy voice and a sound described by Tim Cumming in the Independent has "distinctive fusion of classic, lilting Cape Verdean musical forms and Jazz."

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. Like Con Murphy from Fly says: " 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..."

In "Verdade" Carmen Souza signs an exciting and melodically vibrant repertoire in Creole that, say Alex Robinson in the Songlines, "gets progressively more interesting on each subsequent listen." She also co-produces the album and features on Wurlitzer and guitar.

Links

• Carmen Souza MYSPACE