Dino D’Santiago & Os Tubarões

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In 1979, with Cape Verde already independent, the legendary ‘Os Tubarões’ released ‘Djonsinho Cabral’, the opening track of a self-titled album, with Ildo Lobo providing the memorable vocal performance. In 2013, Dino D’Santiago, then in another phase of his still emerging career, released ‘Eva’, an album in which he set out to discover his roots in Cape Verde and which included, precisely, a version of this enormous classic by ‘Os Tubarões’. Ten years later, Dino returned to ‘Eva’, re-recorded the repertoire, but with a special touch: his version of ‘Djonsinho Cabral’ was this time recorded together with ‘Os Tubarões’, ‘a dream come true’, explained the artist from Algarve.

In recent years, with albums such as ‘Badiu’, ‘Kriola’ or ‘Mundu Nôbu’, Dino has established himself as one of the most important, urgent and creative national voices, opening a new path in music, mixing tradition and future with a unique balance that has taken him to important international stages and platforms, as was the case with the notorious ‘A Colors Show’ where he performed ‘Morna’. The ‘Os Tubarões’, in turn, are a true institution, a lasting symbol of Cape Verdean music. In addition to the classic album ‘Djonsinho Cabral’, they released several other important albums such as ‘Pépé Lopi’ (1976), ‘Tabanca’ (1980), ‘Bôte Bróce e Linha’ (1989) or ‘Porton D’Nós Ilha’, in an absolutely brilliant trajectory that spans half a century. This collaborative concert will feature two entities from two distinct eras, therefore, in an important meeting of generations that aims to celebrate through music the soul and identity of a people, their diaspora, their dreams and desires.