{"id":96215,"date":"2022-01-10T11:23:36","date_gmt":"2022-01-10T10:23:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/?p=96215"},"modified":"2022-01-10T11:23:41","modified_gmt":"2022-01-10T10:23:41","slug":"ano-nobo-quartet-string-of-sao-domingos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/ano-nobo-quartet-string-of-sao-domingos\/","title":{"rendered":"The Ano Nobo Quartet captures the history of Cape Verde"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The band has announced the release of The Strings of S\u00e3o Domingos<\/em>, where the guitars will bear witness to the adventurous life of bandleader Pascoal, and legendary composer Ano Nobo. <\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Pascoal \u201cEl Bruto\u201d is a character on his own. An ex-soldier of the FARP, the armed wing of Cape Verde\u2019s independence struggle, the Cold War\u2019s different events dispatched him in the whole world, from Cuba to Crimea to East Berlin, where he always managed to instruct himself on the local ways of playing music. Nowadays, Pascoal leads the Ano Nobo Quartet along with fellow guitar maestros, Fany, Nono, and Afrikanu. The band was named after Cape Verde\u2019s most legendary composer, Ano Nobo, Pascoal\u2019s mentor and father to the rest of the group. New York-based Ostinato Records<\/a> has just announced the release of The Strings of S\u00e3o Domingos<\/em>, a new album from the four musicians. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Strings of S\u00e3o Domingos<\/em>, in addition to being a tribute to koladera, or coladeira, a guitar-driven, subtly rhythmic sound of a lighter spirit, is also an intimate venture into Pascoal\u2019s rich and adventurous life history, shaped by the Cold War and the legacy of Ano Nobo. The haunting guitars are inflected with twangs of Cuban salsa, Spanish flamenco, Brazilian samba, Jamaican reggae, Argentine tango, Mozambican marrabenta and Black American blues, and serve as a layer for elegant and saudade filled songs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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