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Carmen Souza at The Falcon
Courtesy of Sally Lynch | Posted on February 1, 2014
Where
The Falcon
1348 Rte 9w
Marlboro, NY
Map
845-236-7970
When
Fri, March 28, 2014
7:00 pm
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Musicians
Carmen Souza
vocalsAbout
“Carmen Souza sings in her native creole dialect with an intimacy, sensuality, and vivacity, characterised by a tremendous lightness of touch. Her music has a deceptive simplicity, a rare clarity, derived from a unique mix of influences from her Cape Verdean background to jazz and modern soul creating this beautifully vibrant, largely acoustic, accessible hybrid. World soul music for the 21st century.” David Sylvian
Carmen Souza was born in Lisbon within a Christian family of Cape Verdeans. Very early 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 language environment of Creole, the Cape Verde dialect her parents spoke at home, and Portuguese, always surrounded by the Cape Verdean way of life....