Performance
Friday, 21 June, 8.30 pm
Exhibition halls on first floor
Pau a pique (Wattle and Daub), 2016
During the opening of the exhibition by the artist Ângela Ferreira, Poco a poco (Little by little), Selma Uamusse will stage a performance as part of the work Pau a pique (Wattle and Daub), 2016.
Concert
Friday, 21 June, 8.30 pm
Outside the CGAC
Free and open to the public
Selma Uamusse sings her own world, with a whole world inside of her.
Her powerful voice, genius performances and versatility have led her to shine in diverse realms: from rock, to afrobeat, to gospel, soul and jazz bands, she has enriched her journey with different languages, always conscious of the social and political transforming power of music.
Her first EP, to be released in 2017, reflects her path and being: a young and energetic singer that was a teenager during the golden rock period in Portugal, knower of the traditional north American jazz and soul songbooks, an expert in her vocal references (like Nina Simone, Miriam Makeba…), interpreter of African rhythms and sonorities...
But the refined blend that Selma offers is much more than a collage of her all her artistic adventures. It’s a living and unique organism, individual, fresh and up-to-date in a surprising and unmistakable fashion.
You can place Selma Uamusse’s music in a cross-path between the machambas (vegetable gardens) of Mozambique and the European night clubs with their rock ambiences, between the traditional African languages and rhythms and the psychedelic electronic production: a love story between timbilias (Mozambican balafon) and synthesizers!