Is Luciana Souza on the verge of reinventing bossa nova? A careful look at The New Bossa Nova (Verve, 2007), may well provide the answer to this question, as the Brazilian-born singer aims to present classic pop tunes with a bossa nova feeling. It's a kind of whispering, Luciana says; a whispering in a loud world.
AAJ Contributor Joao Moreira dos Santos spoke with Souza about The New Bossa Nova, and applying its minimalist aesthetic to a variety of well-known contemporary songs.
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