Anyone ever hear of Lisa Ono?
I'm listening to some tracks from a Christmas album she recorded, Boas Festas:
http://www.lisaono.homestead.com/Boas_Festas_detail.html
Tell ya what--her voice is more than reminiscent of Astrud Gilberto! Lisa Ono is a Japanese Bossa Nova vocalist, guitarist and composer, and it's more than a "novelty" too--credits on her albums include Steve Sacks, Joao Donato, Tom Jobim, Oscar Castro-Neves...the cream of the crop. From the sounds of these tracks, I'm going to have to seek out a few of her other CDs (she has at least a dozen).
I'm listening to some tracks from a Christmas album she recorded, Boas Festas:
http://www.lisaono.homestead.com/Boas_Festas_detail.html
Tell ya what--her voice is more than reminiscent of Astrud Gilberto! Lisa Ono is a Japanese Bossa Nova vocalist, guitarist and composer, and it's more than a "novelty" too--credits on her albums include Steve Sacks, Joao Donato, Tom Jobim, Oscar Castro-Neves...the cream of the crop. From the sounds of these tracks, I'm going to have to seek out a few of her other CDs (she has at least a dozen).