Cabopop isn't just the name of Gil Semedo's new album. It is also the name of a foundation that the singer has set up to stimulate Cape Verde music in the Netherlands. Semedo has been the most important ambassador of the cabopop in the Netherlands since the early nineties. Especially in Portuguese-speaking Africa (Cape Verde, Angola and Mozambique) the singer is very popular with his slick mix of
… R&B, soul and Cape Verdean rhythms. Gil recorded Cabopop with the experienced arranger Manu Lima. The title track and the single Hey Mama show Gil's familiar sound. Other songs are quieter. More than ever Gil builds his songs around the acoustic guitar, the most important instrument in Cape Verde music. With a measured mix of ballads and uptempo material, Gil provides a varied album full of cabopop.more
