Nancy Vieira

Nancy Vieira was born in Bissau and spent her childhood between the Cape Verdean islands of Santiago and São Vicente. Her voice exudes natural warmth like a welcoming breeze. Akin to “morabeza”, a word that expresses the friendliness of Cape Verdan hospitality, the award-winning singer has a new album to celebrate, GENTE. An album that strongly connects and respects the place of Nancy’s childhood, the Cape Verdean islands with the city and country where she now lives and works: Lisbon, Portugal. Songs, stories, dreams and longings are all fully expressed through Nancy Vieira’s captivating voice. All songs on GENTE are performed in Cape Verdean Creole and Portuguese with melodic subtleties and rich harmonic twists.

The songs and music on GENTE are inspired by Cape Verde, the streets of Lisbon and musical nuances from Brazil, Africa, Europe and the Americas. There's morna and samba, fado, jazz-tinged sophistication and pop-minded adventure. There are people. There is life. This is fresh-sounding album made now with tomorrow in mind. Yesterday only matters because it's what brought us all here.