" The music just needs to be good . It needs no translation ," he said . In publicity materials for a show in Boston in 2006 , at the Berklee Performance Center ; World Music said Ms . Tavares " sings for a generation between cultures ." Tavares began a search , both physically and musically , for her roots ," the group said . She worked with veteran African musicians in Lisbon and traveled to Cape Verde , Haiti , and Zimbabwe . The result , her album of 2006 was " an a rming and joyous musical meditation , on the feeling of belonging nowhere , and how it often leads to the feeling of belonging everywhere ." In 2018 For the released of Fitxadu Sara Tavares gave a rare interview to Meusemba
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Growing up , did you always want to be a musician ? Kind of , yes , I also wanted to play football and I used to love drawing . At what stage did you decide to take it seriously , or have a career in music ? It was when I got the chance to record my first album , I kind of turned the mirror on myself and started analyzing a lot of things , my social , cultural roots and one thing led me to another and I started asking for musical material but nothing pleased me . I just couldn ’ t feel myself represented on that material so I managed to learn some chords and grow myself through some melodies , simple poetry , rhythms until I felt it and thought ‘ yeah this is me .’