Elida Almeida and Blinky Bill Deliver the Bouncing “Nha Bilida”
With a history forever intertwined with the trade winds, the music from the Cape Verde islands is always changing, always incorporating new sounds, while somehow maintaining a strong identity. Elida Almeida, for instance, stands in that most-Cape Verdean of traditions, the Cesaria Evora-esque songstress, while welcoming in the production work of Kenyan artist/producer Blinky Bill, who produced the latest single, “Nha Bilida,” for her new album
Gerasonobu, out on Lusafrica.
The album’s title translates to “New Generation,” Almeida claiming her place at the front of Cape Verdean song in the 21