Caique Vidal (ka-EE-kee vee-DAHL) faithfully shares the Afro-Brazilian traditions of his Bahia birthplace. He is an educator and community organizer for the Brazilian diaspora in North Carolina. On his most recent album “Save My Heart”, Caique Vidal & Batuque fuse the sounds of samba, reggae, salsa, pop, rock and Bossa Nova into riveting dance grooves. As a young man, Caique joined a new wave of politically-charged street musicians in the city of Salvador da Bahia, known as “the Black Rome of the Americas’’. Playing with Olodum, the founding family of samba-reggae,Caique established the genre’s infectious rhythms and message of Black empowerment in Brazil, Europe, and the Americas, starring in a Spike Lee andMichael Jackson music video along the way. A studied rhythmic and choral arranger, Caique collaborated with producer Mikael Mutti on Percussivo Mundo Novo, an experimental reinterpretation of traditional Bahian percussion. He has proudly shared the stage with acclaimed musical ambassadors Suzana Baca, Carlinhos Brown and Gilberto Gil.
“Caique Vidal’s voice is robust and unequivocal over driving percussion and horn sections. In harmony with his band Batuque,the sound is rambunctious yet precise. The melodies spiral until you smile, and dancing feels required.”