
I consider her this blog's sweetheart, since she was one of the first artists I talked about back in the faraway year of 2009. She was the Lounge's 8th post, when the blog was taking its first timid but confident steps. Now, two years and 451 posts later, I come back to let your ears peek into another window of Ive Mendes' soothing music, due to the release of her new double-album, Magnetism. Thus, the Brazilian Sade takes over my brain with her alluring brand of intimate bossa nova and smooth jazz, where her voice shines through no [...]