Ilessi is a singer and composer. Her style moves from the tribal to the sophisticated, from experimental to sentimental, from old to – preferably – new.
She has launched the albums Brigador (2009), Mundo Afora: Meada (Yonder World: Skein) (2018), With their feet in the future – Ilessi and Diogo Sili perform Manduka (2020), and Rainha de Espadas (Queen of Spades) (2020). ... more