Belô Velloso - É D'Oxum

www.mhznetworks.org Show 2004 - Washington, DC - USA The New York Times - By Jon Pareles - January 29, 1999. "Um Segundo" (Velas, Brazilian import). This young Brazilian singer brings a warm, guileless voice to immaculately graceful pop. The album's dozen pop songs touch on Brazilian styles like bossa nova, forro and pagode samba, and bring a Brazilian subtlety to borrowings from reggae, salsa, funk and nuevo flamenco. The arrangements maintain a light touch while Ms. Velloso caresses the melodies, making the songs seem to come straight from the heart." The New York Times - By Jon Pareles - February 4, 1999. "Elis Regina, who died in 1982 of a drug overdose, was Brazil's Billie Holiday, Sarah Vaughan and Linda Ronstadt rolled into one. She discovered and encouraged the finest songwriters in Brazilian popular music, and she taught the next generations of singers the combination of lightness and sensuality, supple rhythms and melting emotion, that has shaped singers like Gal Costa, Marisa Monte and Belo Velloso." The New York Times - By Jon Pareles - October 14, 2004. "Belo Velloso, the niece of the Brazilian songwriter Caetano Veloso, has a supple, airy voice that can caress a melody even when it rides a swaggering sambareggae beat. Many of her songs were about the state where she grew up, Bahia, and as her voice paid tender tribute to landmarks and cultural legacies, she also danced and shimmied the samba, despite her high heels." The New York Times - By Choire Sicha <b>...</b>