{"id":41973,"date":"2019-02-19T19:44:53","date_gmt":"2019-02-19T17:44:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/legendary-band-africa-negra-comes-back-with-new-album-on-mar-sol\/"},"modified":"2020-04-27T03:36:18","modified_gmt":"2020-04-27T02:36:18","slug":"africa-negra-alia-cu-omali","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/africa-negra-alia-cu-omali\/","title":{"rendered":"Legendary band \u00c1frica Negra comes back with new album on Mar &#038; Sol"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 class=\"pam-featured-content\" ><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-21373 pam-featured-content\"  src=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/%C3%A1frica-negra-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"905\" height=\"645\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/%C3%A1frica-negra-1.jpg 905w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/%C3%A1frica-negra-1-759x541.jpg 759w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/%C3%A1frica-negra-1-661x471.jpg 661w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/%C3%A1frica-negra-1-465x331.jpg 465w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/%C3%A1frica-negra-1-375x267.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"(min-width:1010px) 759px,100vw\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/h4>\n<h4><em>Alia Cu Omal\u00ed<\/em>\u00a0will be out on february 27th and will be distributed worldwide by\u00a0Rush Hour.<\/h4>\n<p>Recorded between S\u00e3o Tom\u00e9 and Lisbon, this new album features new songs and some popular classic. The band, founded in 1974, is a living legend on the island as well as in other Portuguese-speaking African countries.<\/p>\n<p>They are an icon and one of the main bands of this island, representing in their music the authenticity and culture of the former Portuguese colony on the equatorial meridian.<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HhNcYUHem-0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The first single\u00a0a reflection of the old rumba and soukous music that features on the album, fused with\u00a0pu\u00edta, a local music style.<\/p>\n<p>The band got famous before the country achieved independence thanks to their use of Marshall amps and effect pedals and their lyrics about love and santomean landscapes.\u00a0<em>Alia Cu Omal\u00ed,\u00a0<\/em>for instance, means &#8220;sand with the sea&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is our mission to expand this culture and here it is the testimony in our series of Luso Afro music which could best represent S\u00e3o Tom\u00e9&#8221; says Mar &amp; Sol.<\/p>\n<p><em>Alia Cu Omal\u00ed\u00a0<\/em>will be out on February 27th<em> on<\/em>\u00a0Mar &amp; Sol. Pre-order it on\u00a0<span style=\"color: #333333;\"><a style=\"color: #333333;\" href=\"https:\/\/marsolrecords.bandcamp.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bandcamp<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<h5>Read Next: <span style=\"color: #333333;\"><a style=\"color: #333333;\" href=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/orquesta-akokan\/\">Orquesta Akok\u00e1n: Cuba, From the Heart<\/a><\/span><\/h5>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-21374\" src=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Alia-Cu-Omal%C3%AD-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Alia-Cu-Omal%C3%AD-2.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Alia-Cu-Omal%C3%AD-2-759x759.jpg 759w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Alia-Cu-Omal%C3%AD-2-1010x1010.jpg 1010w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Alia-Cu-Omal%C3%AD-2-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Alia-Cu-Omal%C3%AD-2-661x661.jpg 661w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Alia-Cu-Omal%C3%AD-2-465x465.jpg 465w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Alia-Cu-Omal%C3%AD-2-375x375.jpg 375w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Alia-Cu-Omal%C3%AD-2-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Alia-Cu-Omal%C3%AD-2-85x85.jpg 85w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Alia-Cu-Omal%C3%AD-2-73x73.jpg 73w\" sizes=\"(min-width:1010px) 759px,100vw\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alia Cu Omal\u00ed\u00a0will be out on february 27th and will be distributed worldwide by\u00a0Rush Hour. Recorded between S\u00e3o Tom\u00e9 and Lisbon, this new album features new songs and some popular classic. 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