As he was completing his latest album, ‘Casa Mira Mar,’ Cape Verdean singer June Freedom asked himself: “Am I still the person I was before I started this journey?” The resulting song, “Are You Still You?,” intended as the album’s outro, became the theme-setting first track. In this exclusive commentary, June Freedom discusses the album’s creative process and key tracks. While the album offers plenty of feel-good music — “margaritas on the beach,” as he says — “Nha Pele” addresses the colonial background of June’s island home and “what it feels like to be an immigrant.” Listen now. 

Voice Notes: June Freedom on "Go Low"

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