Carefree voice of youth

 by Petar PLAMENOV

28 April (Thursday), 2011
Rosalia De Souza, Brazil
Sofia Live Club
Start: 22:00
Entrance: 20/25 BGN
Address:
Sofia, 1 Bulgaria Square, NPC, subway with the fountains
Working time: 20:00–07:00
Nr seats: 270
Mobile: 088 833 11 93

Call it what you will - Drum and Bass, Lounge, Electronica, Jazzdance, Club, Downtempo, or even as an offshoot of Acid Jazz - the `youth movement' following for this genre (much of it influenced by Brazilian rhythms) is vital and international. In recent years, it's popularity has exploded worldwide, tracing the same global acceptance of the 60s Bossa Nova sound courtesy of a new generation of musicians and DJ's who have absolutely no first-hand knowledge of the original and thankfully none of the baggage, either.

Who is the lady with wild hair? Rosalia De Souza is great Brazilian bossa nova singer. She was born in Nilópolis in the state of Rio de Janeiro on July 4, 1966. She raised in the Nilopolis (home of the famed Beija Flor samba school), Rosalia de Souza has lived in Italy as a singer since 1989, building her CV with a series of single recordings with groups like Les Hommes and Quintetto X before meeting with label mate Conte in 1994. Eventually their collaborations expanded to include a brace of Bossa-tinged tracks for the "Break and Bossa" compilation series. These prototype sessions helped to lay the framework for Garota Moderna as her debut release.

And his largely acoustic arrangements provide Rosalia de Souza with the perfect musical setting. Her voice easily matches this vision. Lively and at times feather-light, she carries a range of emotion that echoes Astrud Gilberto's finest moments. But de Souza does more with it- bringing a sense of passion and sophistication to each song by acknowledging the subtle grace of Bossa's legacy. The result is at once contemporary, complimentary and wistfully retro.

"Bebel Gilberto started a renaissance with her electro-tropical sound when she released Tanto Tiempo in 2000, but the talented Brazilian chanteuse Rosalia De Souza, born in Rio's Nilopolis district, jumps on the bandwagon with such finesse you couldn't even call it imitation . De Souza had moved to Italy to pursue a singing career in the late 1980s, but it took a few collaborations with Italian producer (and label mate) Nicola Conte (notably for the Break and Bossa series) for De Souza to really embrace bossa nova as viable musical direction. Thank heavens she did: 2003's Garota Moderna hits its mark with characteristic bossa nova cool, epitomizing effortlessness while never sacrificing heart "- said enthusiastically  music critic Sarah Bardeen.

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