
Her jazz is beautiful and evocative, her voice earthy and robust, but tender. Ellen Oléria is one of the newest and most talented additions to Brazil's burgeoning MPB movement. She dabbles effortlessly between contemporary Brazilian jazz and classic MPB, but has time to try her skills at rap, funk, samba, and pop. The music she creates is an amalgam of all those different genres, sung and interpreted in her own unique style. I was introduced to her music by Keita Mayanda , who effusively sung her praises. I immediately went to search for her on Google, only to come [...]