Cape Verde to Brooklyn: Fantcha December 3, 2011

World Music Institute presents

Cape Verde to Brooklyn
Fantcha

Saturday, December 03, 2011 8:00 PM
Roulette
509 Atlantic Avenue (Corner of 3rd Avenue), Downtown Brooklyn

After-party with DJ MD, spinning zouk, coladeiras, funana & hits of Cape Verde following show!

Singing in a rich, sensuous voice in her native Creole, Cape Verdean songstress Fantcha performs mornas - the languid, bluesy ballads about love, loss and longing made famous by her mentor and homeland icon Cesaria Evora. To lift spirits, she offers her country’s playful up-tempo dance numbers, coladeiras. Fantcha and her band (acoustic guitar, cavaquinho, piano, drum, bass) conjure up the balmy, robust sounds of the 10-island archipelago, performing classics as well as original works from her new album Amor, Mar e Musica (Love, the Sea, and Music).

For more info: http://wminyc.org/event.php?id=1211 or 212-545-7536

Official Website: http://wminyc.org/event.php?id=1211