Mosaico is Portuguese Brazilian Jazz Artist Beatrice Masons Album

Brazilian jazz/blues artist Beatrice Mason for you Portuguese speaking peeps out there! Since releasing her latest album, Mosaic, she’s been creating a lot of buzz and developing a cult following in her hometown of Rio de Janeiro. Her album is in the “Top Album” category on iTunes and is all in her native Portuguese with the exception of the track “Caramel”. She has performed fronting standing room only crowds at International Music Conference and Modem 2012. Mosaico received accolades by critics and fans alike. With her unique sound, Mason has crossed over to new audiences in Europe and the United States. As a result of her success, she came to the attention of ex-Motown Producer, Michael B. Sutton via her North American consultant company, The Music Umbrella. Sutton a renown writer/producer (Michael Jackson, Smokey Robinson) will soon be working with her to remix the only English track, “Caramel”. The release will be out in mid-October on the Lilly Blonde label and will be actively promoted to Smooth Jazz Radio for an international audience. Influenced by Brazilian pop music her sweet Portuguese lyrics and vocals give her the edge to stand out among other artists. Singles such as “Caramel” and “Foi No Mês Que Bem” have enticed blues and jazz listeners around the world. To watch the music video for her latest single, click here: Besides promoting her album, Beatrice has been granted a government sponsorship to work on songs by South-American writers and composers Jorge Drexler, Vitor Ramil and Kevin Johansen. For more information, tour dates, etc. visit her website here

Portuguese Brazilian Jazz Artist Beatrice Mason New English Song “Caramel” Hits #19 & #50 on World and Jazz Chart

Regardless of the fact that Beatrice Mason’s songs are sung in Portuguese, she corners the universal sound of smooth jazz making her popularity take on a steady rise in the United States.  Her latest album release just hit #50 on SmoothJazz.com. The College Music Journal (CMJ) recently ranked her album at #19 on their New World Music Chart, and her debuts at other core radio stations have been quite favorable.   Thanks to her enchantingly percussive take on Suzanne Vega’s 1996 hit “Caramel” - the CD’s one English language track is available in three sultry “Nite Life” and “Pop” remixes by Motown veteran Michael B. Sutton (Smokey Robinson, Michael Jackson).

From her website:  “Mosaico: a musical mosaic of styles and sounds with the common thread of emanating from her native Brasil.  “Algum Mistério (Some Kind of Mystery),” Ana Clara Horta’s piano samba “Cortejo,” and a duet version of Raphael Gemal’s “Canto Só” featuring guest vocalist Edu Krieger. An artful video was also lensed for her version of Vitor Ramil’s “Foi no mês que vem,” a mix of tango and electronica.”

I can’t get enough of this record!  Interested to hear others’ take on her music.

Website here

Listen to the 3 english mixes of “Caramel” here

Check out Boston’s freshest Hip Hop act Laz and Cat with their new single Swagger Dance

Laz and Cat, self-proclaimed Hip-Hop Dynamic-Duo, from Boston are releasing their third single off their debut album – TRICITY VOL. 1, entitled “SWAGGER DANCE,” a bass-booming, vibration-moving, dirty-south inspired hip-hop song that encourages people to make your own dance move no matter how crazy or ridiculous it may be. You can listen to and download “Swagger Dance” here: bit.ly/SwaggerDance.
If you like New Boyz’ Jerk and Cali Swag District’s Teach Me How to Dougie, listen to Laz and Cat’s new single “SWAGGER DANCE”. You can copy the Jerk or the do the Dougie, but if you got your own swagger you can make your own dance.
"This song (Swagger Dance) is definitely a different, energetic, and fresh concept that Laz & I put together in the studio, and personally I think will catch on like wildfire once people hear it" says Cat. "If you got yourself a little Swag, meaning confidence, that innate quality that makes you a very special person, and you can do whatever dance you can do fluently, and you put a little swag on it, then you got yourself a dance."
Swagger Dance is off of Laz & Cat's debut album, "Tricity Vol. 1" which is available on iTunes, Amazon, eMusic, Rhapsody, Napster, Sprint & Verizon VCAST, among many other online retail websites worldwide. You can learn more about Laz & Cat by visiting their website at http://music.triceptus.com, or their Myspace page at www.myspace.com/lazuruscatipus.