Mayra Andrade

Talk about a find. This girl is a Cape Verdean, Paris-raised girl heralded as a new Brazilian world-artist. Who sings in french (creole). Talk about worldly. She's young, beautiful, and has such a smooth voice you'd wonder if she could actually sing democracy away. Her album is called Navega and is not-available-in-the-united-states (which sucks sucks sucks it's not even on itunes or amazon). So for now, I suggest listening to the songs via this music blog: http://laondatropical.blogspot.com/ and listen to the title track here. And maybe petitioning iTunes to let european music into the U.S.