Episode Two: Lutchinha Leite, Magnificent Mornista
In this second interview, Candida and Ruby chat with renowned vocalist Lutchinha, known for her tender morna singing, as well as her lively interpretations of coladeira and samba. Topics of conversation range from music as a practice of mutual aid to Lutchinha’s musical inheritance of the song she calls her anthem: “Castaninha.” Diversions include prodigious youth musicians in Cabo Verde and Lutchinha’s Carnaval costuming practices.
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EPISODE RESOURCES
Find/Follow Lutchinha as the channel “lutchinha official” on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCkT_4z6QG1G8qMW0bjs57Q
Here, you can see videos from her newest album, Convivência, including the titular song, “Longe de Vista,” and “Ropsódia de Mornas.”
To hear more of Lutchinha’s beautiful voice:
“Pila Pila” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_5Aafm-iLI
“Xam Canta” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ef1M-IA-zSk
Performing on Kintal Kultural - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XeiZ6r51SI
Other References:
Tchindas, documentary about trans Cape Verdeans and Carnaval in São Vicente, by Mark Serena: https://www.tchindas.com/homepage/tchindas/
Titina, “Trás d’Horizonte” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VijuqDXjo_o
Cesária Évora, “Carnaval de São Vicente,” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IjaKXtM3dqM
Jacqueline Fortes, “Dia de Suspansse” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=diIm5jfMSMs
Ildo Lobo, “Incondicional” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZqvz6GaNH8
Kiddye Bonz, “BE4” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_W92Gv8RKI
Sources Cited:
Bauman, Richard. 1984. Verbal Art as Performance. Prospect Heights, IL: Waveland Press.
Coli, Waltraud Berger, and Richard A. Lobban. 1990. The Cape Verdeans in Rhode Island: A Brief History. Rhode Island Ethnic Heritage Pamphlet Series. Providence, RI: Rhode Island Heritage Commission & the Rhode Island Publications Society.
Dias, Juliana Braz. 2011. “Cape Verde and Brazil Musical Connections.” Vibrant: Virtual Brazilian Anthropology 8 (June): 95–116. https://doi.org/10.1590/S1809-43412011000100004.
Hurley-Glowa, Susan. 2021. Songs for Cabo Verde: Norberto Tavares’s Musical Visions for a New Republic. Rochester, NY: Boydell & Brewer.
Lima-Neves, Terza Alice Silva. 2016 “D’Nos Manera - Gender, Collective Identity and Leadership in the Cape Verdean Community In the United States.” Journal of Cape Verdean Studies 1(1): 57–82.
Music Performed in this Episode: “Castaninha,” composed Sep. 17, 1955 by Lutchinha’s father, Antônio Santcha, and dedicated to her mother Nita. Produced by Lutchinha Leite. Musical production by Zé Timas and Tony Azevedo, recorded at Platinum Studio by Kiki Mendes. Watch it on YouTube: https://youtu.be/n46l9zmLx_g
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