JOVINO DOS SANTOS dit JOVINO

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Singer performer, songwriter, composer, arranger from the Cape Verde Islands JOVINO is one of the most attractive artists of his generation.Jovino was born in Boa Vista (Cape Verde). He grew up in Sâo Vincente in his aunt’s house who is the owner of the famous “ Café Cantante ”.In this café, every Sunday the greatest Cape Verde’s artists like B. LEZA, TCHUFF, Ti GOY meet. Those precisely whom the whole Mindelo population listen to, no matter what their social background is. The notorious café that once was a family business, has first become a place for artists to learn & be in touch with their audience. This fertile & creative ambiance certainly influenced Jovino’s compositions, inspired by the Island’s traditions & folklore. As you listen to him, you get a sharp feeling of this rooting.Most surprising is the half-caste culture that he brings to us. Identifiable with his great cry from the heart & his personal look on every day’s life, Jovino never gets tired of playing with words, lyrics & melodies. His creative dimension makes him unique. His saudade songs are swinging between joy & melancholy. He offers to us songs that are deeply infused with love, sweetness & joy.After a stay in Portugal, he moves on to France in the beginning of the 70’s.He describes as in a tale the CapeVerdians’s lifestyle, people deeply affected by colonization, loneliness & the absence of an emigrated parent.Jovino remains a poet either evoking his homeland & its women or revealing in a sincere way the magic of the Cape Verde.His collaboration with another poet Luis SILVA for his lyrics and the music by « JOVINO " the GREAT VOICES » brought a remarkable note in the Islands’ 1990’s recent musical history. references in disorder : membre du jury du festival Films insulaires (Groix) 2005 - SATELLIT Café - A l'Antirouille - La FLECHE D'OR - LE BOUQUIN AFFAMÉ café culturel - Clichy RHUMERIE DU CAP VERT - JAM SAHEL 2007 - Lors des éditions 2003, 2004 et 2005 plus de 100 artistes étaient réunis bénévolement pour soutenir la cause défendue par l'association SOS Sahel - Le Baiser Salé Paris - Cabaret Sauvage, Concert Pour La Journée Mondiale De Lutte Contre La Desertification -la MAROQUINERIE Paris - Restaurant Mam'Bia - NEW MORNING Paris - Alliance française Mindelo - le Périphérique portugais - Bar de Marché Montreuil -

//www.humanite.fr/2002-12-28_Cultures_-SortirLe blues du Cap-VertChanteur et auteur compositeur, Jovino Dos Santos, né au Cap-Vert et installé à Paris, fête la sortie de son CD, Fidjos di Africa (Estela). Entouré de percussions (Miguel Fernandez), violon (Dany Misaine), cavaquinho (petite guitare), basse et piano, il égrène, sur sa guitare la nostalgie de la morna (ballade emblématique de son archipel), la cadence enjouée de la koladeira, ou bien butine des parfums de samba et de bossa. Jovino évoque les hauts et les bas de la vie, l’hypocrisie, la souffrance des enfants (Julia, complainte pour une fillette abusée), le départ des gens aimés, l’exil. Avec une simplicité et une sincérité qui touchent en plein cour.