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Mayra Andrade

«Stória, Stória...»

“This album bears the mark of many journeys.” To kick off the conversation, Mayra Andrade shares the basic theme of «Stória, stória...»

In 2006, this new voice emerged from the Cape Verdean archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean with her debut album “Navega,” a collection of songs that are as grounded in the traditional music from her homeland as they are nourished by different musical styles and colours. Today, after three years and countless performances, Mayra Andrade has clearly let go of her moorings and gone where the trade winds have always led her. Her childhood was immersed in the greatest voices from Cape Verde, but her music draws on all possible sources “from radical free jazz to Brazilian music”...

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