Diva Barros

Diva Barros was born in the city of Mindelo, Cape Verde archipelago. Assuming with conviction the cape-verdianity, she asserts that by singing, she paints the traces of her soul and music becomes the canvas she offers to theworld. Diva manages to mix music from different cultures, but her repertoire is dominated by Cape Verdean music, where “Morna”, “Coladeira” and other Cape Verdean rhythms make their mark.

In the mid-90s, completing her university studies, she performed her first public performance in Portugal. Shortly thereafter, she began to perform requently in Cape Verde, and on international stages (festivals and concert halls), having enamored the audience with her strong voice. She has alsomade some partnerships with big names in international music.

Distinguished in the 2005 and 2007 editions in Mindelo, with the Cesária Évora Award for best female voice, she was nominated in 3 categories at the Cape Verde Music Award (Best Female Voice and Best Songs in the Coladeira and Funaná version) and won two of the best music awards in 2011 (Best CD and Best Music of the year), after producing and releasing the first CD with the title “Palco d’ Vida”, having in the Musical Direction another virtuoso novel of the musical arts in Cape Verde, Hernâni Almeida.

In 2012, she was selected among many singers, the best voice to be at the “Le Kollatier”, and the New Orleans in 2013 Festivals.

In July 2021, she releases the new album “Um bem dum Cavaquim”, with 9 tracks, 4 of her own and one with the participation of Tito Paris. This new project bears the name that sums up the essence and experience of the singer’s life as a musician’s daughter, but also, the rehearsal environment of her father’s band, the art of making music and the traditional Cape Verdean nights, “tattooed” in soul, in a setting of the beautiful city of Mindelo.

The new album and the Diva have already won 3 Awards in 2022: International Portuguese Music Award, in the USA, Cape Verdean Society of Musicians and Cabo Verde Music Awards.