Paula Morelenbaum's Telecoteco is one of the most subtle, original and successful tributes to Bossa Nova to come out of Brazil in recent years. It also made the top 10 list of 2008 albums compiled by renowned Brazilian newspaper O Globo.
Telecoteco presents itself as somewhat of a free essay on modern pop music in Brazil. Thus, its repertoire emerges like a proposal on the fundamentals of Brazilian songwriting: diversity of styles and nationalities with an openness towards influences and modernization. In essence, Telecoteco brings to the forefront the wide range, the crossover, the invention, the simplicity, the sophistication, the popular alongside the classical and the passion right next to the irony…