Just a year after releasing her debut album, Mormaço Queima, Ana Frango Elétrico is back with Little Electric Chicken Heart. The result of her musical development over the last three years, a period of great learning and intense musical activity, the album sees her more mature and conscious of her art as a composer and performer. There are 8 songs and 1 vignette which she coproduced with sound engineer Martin Scian.
Little Electric Chicken Heart is a romantic satire with the participation of musicians from different generations, ranging from Alberto Continentino (whoa has worked with Domenico Lancellotti and Moreno Veloso) and Marcelo Costa (drummer for Caetano Veloso)…
As a cultural ambassador to the world, Yo-Yo Ma has immersed himself in the native music of many countries and taken away charming souvenirs of his musical explorations that he shares openly and without affectation. The chief characteristic of Ma's approach is his showcasing of other talents, with a modesty and generosity on his part that makes these performances all the more appealing.
Alexandra Jackson's debut project: "Alexandra Jackson: Legacy & Alchemy" channels her 4 primary musical loves and experiences: Brazilian Music, American Jazz & Soul, NeoSoul, and London Soul Jazz ! into a music alchemy intended for contemporary audiences worldwide.
Bossa Nova translated as the "new beat" or "the new style", grew out of Rio De Janeiro in 1958. The instigators were a handful of artists with a desire to break from tradition, developing the samba rhythms with the influence of cool American jazz to find a music with such a warm soul and natural rhythm that no-one can help but tap and sway to its beat. Bossa Nova is palm trees swaying, it is like melting sugar in hot coffee, it is the setting sun and warm sand underfoot. It is the sound and beat of Brazil, it is one of the world's coolest musical styles and it remains to this day one of the world's great musical treasures.