[LP] Taresa Fernandes - I Hope You Change

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Taresa Fernandes - I Hope You Change [LP]

Format: LP

Label: Curved Pitch [823000694891]

RELEASE DATE: October 30, 2026

Description:

Batuku is one of Cape Verde’s oldest known cultural traditions — a communal art form where music, dance, and oral storytelling converge. With roots in the music and dance practices brought to the island of Santiago by enslaved Africans from West Africa in the 15th century, it developed over centuries into a distinct Cape Verdean tradition, carrying memory, resilience, and collective experience across generations.

Performed mainly by women seated in a semi-circle, Batuku is built on layered hand percussion and the hypnotic polyrhythms of Txabéta, propelled by the dynamic Tornu dance. Sung in the Cape Verdean language of Kriolu through call-and-response patterns, its songs speak of everyday life, migration, historical memory, and the strength of community.

This release presents the remarkable artistry of Taresa Fernandes, one of today’s essential voices of Batuku. Raised in Santiago and later active in the neighborhoods of the national capital of Praia, she has been instrumental in sustaining and revitalizing the tradition through her ensemble Taresa Fernandes Tradison di Terra. With a repertoire of hundreds of songs, her work preserves ancestral voices while opening them to universal themes of longing, resistance, and joy.

As Elisa Tavares writes in the liner notes: “Much like the tales of the griottes found on the African mainland, Taresa’s songs echo the chants of her ancestors, filled with lessons from the past and guidance for navigating the contemporary world.”

The album comes with a 12-page booklet featuring the song lyrics in Kriolu, translated into English by Elisa Tavares.

“I listened, watched, and read. Beautiful work. It is refreshing to see Batuku remain so vital, rooted in a sharp, biting social critique and, above all, in the hands of women.” — Jean-Yves Loude, writer and producer of a six-CD series on Cape Verdean traditional music for Ocora-Radio France

Tracklista:

A1. Mora na fо́ra (Move to the Countryside) (4:26)
A2. Nu xinta pa N konta-bu tudu (Let's Sit Down and I'll Tell You Everything) (7:48)
A3. Ti bo bu kré ngana-m (Even You Want to Deceive Me) (3:32)
A4. Forma Batuku (Forming a Batuku Group) (5:15)
B1. Mai-Brinka ku nhos (Mother / Have Fun with You) (10:14)
B2. Livru grandi (Great Book) (4:09)
B3. Nha buru mansu (My Gentle Donkey) (4:40)
B4. Mamulanu (Marmulano Tree) (3:34)