just got it the last weekend. Tasting it right now....
shawn
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From: wesley
To: Sound Lounge
Cc: Acid Jazz Listserve ; P5 ml
Sent: Sunday, July 29, 2001 6:13 PM
Subject: Music NEW RELEASE | Lisa Ono - Bossa Hul Nova
Music NEW RELEASE | Lisa Ono - Bossa Hul Nova
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!)
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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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