Music NEW RELEASE | Lisa Ono - Bossa Hul Nova
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Lisa Ono -- Bossa Hula Nova . . . CD . . . $26.99
EMI (Japan), 2001
This lovely Japanese singer does it again! Lisa's recording in a vaguely
Hawaiian mode -- mixing her usual bossa approach with a slightly
sunshine-drenched style, less Hawaiian than work by Don Ho, more in a
"dream" vision of Hawaii, as you might hear in some of the 60s
production work by Brian Wilson. The floating lyrics of the Hawaiian
tunes work well with the bossa backing -- and the sweetness of the
album's a perfect fit for Lisa's voice! Titles include "Manoa", "Swing
Time In Honolulu", "Sway It, Hula Girl", "Nani Wai'ale'ale", and
"Kaimana Hila". (In a cool cardboard sleeve!)
-- regards, wesley"No, the fact is, Western pop is the fast food of music, and there is more exciting creative music making going on outside the Western pop tradition than inside it. To restrict your listening to English-language pop is like deciding to eat the same meal for the rest of your life. The
'no-surprise surprise,' as the Holiday Inn advertisement claims, is reassuring, I guess, but lacks kick. " - David Byrne The New York Times, October 3, 1999 article “I Hate World Music” by David Byrne
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