The Afro-Caribbean connection has produced so much amazing music about romantic love. Particularly, Angola and Cape Verde has developed specific strands of musical expression which focus on a special feeling: that of loss and longing, of desire and nostalgia, of love mixed with sadness.
Since Zouk arrived (back) in Africa from the Guadeloupe and Martinique islands, where rhythms and melodies of the African “expats” mixed with Rumba, Calypso, Gwo Ka, Compas, Reggae, and Salsa (and where they must have looked across the ocean with infinite longing for home), it has since been influenced by another deeply emotional music: Portugese Fado. Long story short, during the last decades Zouk, Kizomba, and related styles have become ubiquitous in many parts of Africa.
But with huge commercial success quantity often replaces quality. Yet nonetheless there are many artists producing amazing music at once soul stirring and irresistible on the modern dance floor - one just has to dig deeper. Uploaded 7 months ago -
Since Zouk arrived (back) in Africa from the Guadeloupe and Martinique islands, where rhythms and melodies of the African “expats” mixed with Rumba, Calypso, Gwo Ka, Compas, Reggae, and Salsa (and where they must have looked across the ocean with infinite longing for home), it has since been influenced by another deeply emotional music: Portugese Fado. Long story short, during the last decades Zouk, Kizomba, and related styles have become ubiquitous in many parts of Africa.
But with huge commercial success quantity often replaces quality. Yet nonetheless there are many artists producing amazing music at once soul stirring and irresistible on the modern dance floor - one just has to dig deeper. Uploaded 7 months ago -
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