Cibelle

She was Suba's Brazilian muse, and she's sung with new Bossa Nova artist Celso Fonseca. But Cibelle deserves props for her solo work: her 2003 debut mined a more delicate, upbeat version of Suba's electronics-damaged work, and vocally she's clearly heiress to the Gal Costa/Marisa Monte throne. Gentle tracks like "Deixa," "Hate" and "Waiting" are all worth repeated listens.

Perhaps best known in the U.S. for sighing sweetly on Suba's 2000 chill-out landmark, Sao
Paulo Confessions, Cibelle is a young Brazilian singer-songwriter who combines bossa nova
and samba sounds of the Fifties and Sixties with modern electronics. Assisted by members
of Morcheeba and her countryman Apollo 9, Cibelle's blend of acoustic guitars and
percussion, electric bass, analog keyboards and digital trickery is mellow but ne... More >