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Sunday, 25 January 2026
Carmen Souza touring in France!
Carmen Souza is taking Port'Inglês on a tour around France in March 2026!
With Port’Inglês, Carmen Souza presents one of her most conceptually rich and personal works to date. The album explores the historical and cultural impact of the British presence in Cape Verde, weaving together untold stories of migration, resistance, identity and exchange across the Atlantic.
Drawing from extensive academic research developed during her master’s studies, Souza transforms historical narratives into a powerful musical suite. Each composition reflects a chapter of Cape Verdean history, reimagined through sound, rhythm and voice. Rather than recounting history as a static past, Port’Inglês brings it to life — emotional, embodied and resonant.
Musically, the album expands Souza’s distinctive Afro-jazz language, fusing jazz improvisation with traditional Cape Verdean rhythms such as morna, funaná, coladeira and mazurka. Her expressive vocals — sung primarily in Cape Verdean Creole — move fluidly between intimacy and strength, supported by sophisticated arrangements and a deep sense of groove and freedom.
Port’Inglês is both a musical journey and an act of cultural memory. It reflects Carmen Souza’s ongoing commitment to using music as a space for storytelling, dialogue and empowerment, affirming jazz as a universal language capable of holding history, identity and imagination in the same breath.
Amazingly accomplished, fresh and exciting, as if it were a newfound revelation.” — Songlines on Port’Inglês.
“Her voice gets under your skin, taking listeners on an intensely empathetic journey into the past.” — Jazzpodium on the emotional impact of the music.
“Nothing is reinvented here, but everything sounds fresh and full of surprises.” — Folker’s praise of the album’s vibrant sound.
"Jazz waltzes freedom with traditional Cape Verdean rhythms like funaná, morna and mazurka.” — overview of the diverse musical tapestry of the album. (Women in Jazz media-UK)
“She narrates the encounters between two cultures and their enduring imprint… a deeply personal and musically enriching odyssey.” — Paris-Move review on the fusion of history and sound.
"Celebrating identity, resistance and connection — Port’Inglês is a musical journey between Cape Verde and the UK. " (World Music central-US)
"From master’s research to captivating soundscapes — Carmen Souza’s most personal album yet" (Expresso - PT)
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Tuesday, 23 September 2025
CARMEN SOUZA ON THE ROAD!
Carmen Souza is on the road in the upcoming months, touring Port'Inglês!
Catch her LIVE in Germany, Austria, France, Italy, Spain and the UK.
Saturday, 21 June 2025
HORACE SILVER by Carmen Souza
Eleven years after the death of Horace Silver, Carmen Souza and @bantu_men discuss the importance of Horace Silver's legacy. His music remains vibrant and deserves to be more widely recognised, especially within the Lusophone community.
Souza states: "Horace Silver used his Cape-Verdean heritage as a bridge, not a border."
@bantu_men and Carmen Souza falam da importância do legado de Horace Silver , 11 anos depois da sua morte. A sua música está bem viva e precisa de mais reconhecimento e divulgação nomeadamente no espaço lusófono.
“Horace Silver usou a sua herança Cabo-verdiana como ponte e não como fronteira “Carmen Souza
NEW VIDEO OF 'ST. VITUS' BY CARMEN SOUZA
Tuesday, 17 June 2025
@JAZZNEWS MAGAZINE (FR) / SUMMER TOUR
Great article by French magazine @jazznewsparis !!!
June 2025 issue!
Check the LIVE DATES BELOW:
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26 June, Milan (IT) Blue Note off, Fondazione invernizzi SOLD OUT 29 June, Waidhofen (AT) Waidhofen Jazz & World Festival 12 Jul, Padenghe sul Garda (IT) XXII Jazz on the road Fest, Piazza D’Annunzio 29 Jul, Toulon (FR) Toulon jazz fest 01 Aug, Sorbolo (IT) 30th Mundus Festival, Sorbolo Mezzani 05 Aug, Rome (IT) Casa del Jazz - Parco🇨🇻 08 Aug, S. Vicente (CV) Mindel Jazz Festival
Sunday, 30 March 2025
PORT'INGLÊS EUROPEAN TOUR
PORT'INGLÊS EUROPEAN TOUR 24/25
Catch Carmen Souza and her AMAZING band on the road!!!
"The first European jazzwoman with African roots! Carmen Souza is the first to go beyond the traditional repertoire of her country of roots, to assert herself as a vocal JAZZWOMAN, that is, whose musical language and vocal technique belong in the jazz registry....Carmen Souza does what any accomplished jazz artist does: she puts her feet - or rather her voice - on her roots, to offer them branches and foliage that belongs only to her, of her creation. And her vocal technique is breathtaking, for example, when she goes into a scat, this way of improvising onomatopeias that is specific to the jazz register: she walks her voice between the acute and the grave with a virtuosity that belongs only to the greatest." Nadia Khouri-Dagher
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Saturday, 11 January 2025
Saturday, 4 January 2025
Port'Inglês in the charts
We are so happy that radio stations and Journalists worldwide are embracing our new record - Port'Inglês- and sharing it with their audiences. Since its release in Oct, the album has charted every month on World Music Charts Europe (WMCE), LIMúR: Lista Ibérica de Músicas de Raíz/Raiz Iberian Roots Music Chart and the Transglobal World Music Chart.
We start 2025 with the news that the album is included in the Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik« (German Record Critics’ Award) 1/2025 nomination list for the Best World Music album. These awards are chosen by a panel of journalists from Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
In DEC. 2024, the album reached number 5 on the World Music Charts Europe and number 2 on the Raiz Iberian Roots Music Chart, plus entered the WMCE top 40 of the Best World Music Albums of 2024 among 887 nominated releases.
Saturday, 28 December 2024
Friday, 15 November 2024
Carmen Souza Spanish tour to promote Port'Inglês
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Other dates :
19 Nov, Victoria - Gasteiz (ES) Festival XIX Ondas de Jazz
22 Nov, Madrid (ES) Teatro Fernando de Rojas Festival Internacional Jazz Madrid
23 Nov, Almeria (ES) Clasijazz
Tuesday, 3 September 2024
Port'Inglês NEW ALBUM+TOUR feat @Jazzthetik Magazine (DE) @jazzthing (DE)
FEATURE JAZZ THING MAGAZINE BY HELMUT HEUER
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Carmen Souza's latest album, Port'Inglês, has not been released yet, but two features in the main German Jazz magazines—Jazzthetik and Jazzthing—give a good insight into it.
JAZZTHETIK Magazin wrote:
"When music is described as ""academic,"" it is rarely meant as praise. Terms like "constructed", "sober" and "schematic" are too swinging. Carmen Souza proves with her album Port'Inglês, however, how emotional, joyful and lively music with academic roots can be. " Jazzthetik
"Port'Inglês" will be published on 27.09.2024.
Carmen Souza will be touring in October & Nov.! Here are the data:
2024
26 Jul, Viana do Castelo (PT) 33th Festival Jazz na Praca da Erva
27 Jul, Bourges (FR)Jardin du Cardinal Lefebvre
14 Sep, Montijo PT) Blossom Jazz & Blues Fest
03 Oct, Schwäbisch Hall (DE) JazzClub
04 Oct, Wien (AT) Sargfabrik
05 Oct, Estarreja (PT) Estarrejazz Festival / Cine-Teatro de Estarreja
11 Oct, Ravensburg (DE) Zehntscheuer Ravensburg e.V.
15 Oct, Münster (DE) Hot Jazz Club
16 Oct, Aglantzia (CY) AglanJazz 2024
17 Oct, SOAS University (UK) Masterclass
31 Oct, Folkstone (UK) Ethnic Jazz Festival (concert+Workshop)
01 Nov, Bad Homburg (DE) Speicher
02 Nov, Kaiserslautern (DE) Kammgarn Kaiserslautern
14 Nov, Seville - Gines (ES) Teatro El Tronío 31º Festival Jazz Diputación de Sevilla
15 Nov, Seville - Osuna (ES) Teatro Municipal 31º Festival Jazz Diputación de Sevilla
16 Nov, Sebille - Marchena (ES) - Sala Carrera 31º Festival Jazz Diputación de Sevilla
19 Nov, Victoria - Gasteiz (ES) Festival XIX Ondas de Jazz
22 Nov, Madrid (ES) Teatro Fernando de Rojas Festival Internacional Jazz Madrid
23 Nov, Almeria (ES) Clasijazz
30 Nov, London (UK) Crazy Croqs
07 Dec, Tavira (PT) Casa do Povo de Santo Estevao
2025
07 Feb, Grandola (PT) Festival Microsons, Teatro Cine Granadeiro
08 Feb, Lagoa (PT) Auditório Carlos do Carmo
15 Feb, Portalegre (PT) Centro de Artes e Espectáculo ( CAE )
14 Mar, Paris (FR) Tbc
10th May, Loule (PT) Cine Teatro Louletano
Concerto de apresentação do Festival MED.
24 May, Lisboa (PT) tba
28 June, Waidhofen (AT) Waidhofen Jazz & World Festival
08 Jul, (PT) tbc
29 Jul, Toulon (FR) Toulon jazz fest
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