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Their sounds may differ, but the gripping voices of soul singer Jarvis Church, soprano Michelle Danese, Ben Harper and Vanessa da Mata give their emotionally involved audiences chills with equally moving performances.

Jarvis Church
In his self-produced CD The Long Way Home, Juno Award-winning, Grammy-nominated Gerald Eaton, a.k.a. Jarvis Church (a name he derived from living between two parallel streets in Toronto) drives a rhythmic, sexy pop-soul vibe. “My lyrics are very personal, they are little windows into what’s going on in my life. When you’re writing about something that you honestly feel, the words come a lot quicker.” Read more

Ross weaves springlike magic into his vocals for this breezy Bossa Nova hit

Brazilian Jazz from Chicago’s Michael Ross? You’ll find it’s a secret entrance to your heart.

Songwriters have always played a special role in our collective love of music. Back in the day, great songwriters could drive a song to the top of the charts. From Motown to Jobim, how a songwriter’s creativity can inspire our favorite musicians is always intriguing.

So, when Chicago Urban jazz guitarist and vocalist Michael Ross sent us his new single, we were excited to hear how it sounded.

Michael is an accomplished songwriter and performer. Fans love his musical warmth and creativity. Talent and versatility have helped him to become a leading session player for Chicago’s thriving theater and music scene.

Ross has seven albums to his credit, including 2021’s best-selling Four Seasons to Cross. Both ‘Hot In Brazil’ and the title track carry a distinctive jazz-samba vibe.

Today’s song? Ross explains. “I was listening to Connect Brazil’s streaming station and I happened to catch ‘Secret Entrance To Your Heart’ by Breeze BossaNova. I thought: What an interesting title, so I listened to the lyrics tell the song’s story. And then I thought about how I’d approach the song if I recorded it.”

How Brazilian Jazz Inspires Michael Ross

Breeze Bossanova is the Romanian group that gave ‘Secret Entrance To Your Heart’ an upbeat and bright feel to its original recording in 2020. Interestingly, Michael Ross picked up on a different style for songwriter Scott Fivelson’s creation.

“First, I slowed the rhythm down slightly but kept that same Bossa Nova groove,” Ross explained. “I wanted to put more emphasis on the lyrics to bring more clarity to the story. Then, I opened up the song to give it a burst of a new beginning, just as if it was the first warm day of Spring.”

And here’s where the creativity of the musician and the songwriter results in so

The best album credited to Vanessa Da Mata is Bicicletas, Bolos E Outras Alegrias which is ranked number 40,444 in the overall greatest album chart with a total rank score of 18.

Vanessa Da Mata is ranked number 16,755 in the overall artist rankings with a total rank score of 24.

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Brazilian singer-songwriter

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Godói and the second or paternal family name is Camargo.

Wanessa Godói Camargo (born 28 December 1982) is a Brazilian singer-songwriter.

Early life

Camargo is the daughter of Brazilian sertanejo singer Zezé Di Camargo, from the duo Zezé Di Camargo & Luciano, and businesswoman Zilú Godói. Her father worked on the Brazilian version of the musical Cats and was part of the group of dancers known as Zezé Di Camargo and Luciano.

Biography

Wanessa was born in Goiânia, Goiás, on 28 December 1982. She is the daughter of the Brazilian sertanejo singer Zezé Di Camargo from the duo Zezé Di Camargo & Luciano and of the businesswoman Zilú Godói. She attended public schools during her childhood, but she had no toys because of the financial difficulties of her family.

In 1991, at 9 years old, she moved to São Paulo when her father and her uncle Luciano Camargo went in search of success. In 1992, she was enrolled in a private school, but suffered prejudice from colleagues and employees because of her social class.

During an interview for Veja, Wanessa said: "The principal of the school was always insinuating that we would not pay the college. She humiliated us, but I was so insecure that I never told this to my parents, and even that was a mockery. Once, to make me happy, my father took a borrowed lance just to give me the taste of going to the car class."

Also in 1991, she started a band with her three friends Kiko, Leandro and Bruno, who in the future would form the group KLB. The boys played the instruments and Wanessa was the lead singer. The band's first name was The Fenders, a reference to the guitar brand. They then changed their name to Neon and started performing at clubs and parties with versions of songs by Xuxa and Leandro & Leonardo.^[5&#