José Da Silva: “Europe is now a virtually impossible market for world music artists”

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José Da Silva: “Europe is now a virtually impossible market for world music artists”

While the Atlantic Music Expo was in full swing, last week in Praia, capital of Cape Verde, José Da Silva, the producer of Cesaria Evora, received “Le Temps”. He discusses the evolution of the global sound system market, and in particular that of African music. A key personality in the archipelago, producer and manager José Da Silva has worked in a number of roles, including that of train dispatcher at SCNF. Born in Praia in 1959, he grew up in …