As predicted, I have been listening to the latest releases by Swan Dive and Stephen Bishop -- both Bossa Nova CDs. I'm getting quite mellow as I'm driving (my best listening space). Hope I don't nod off, but I really am enjoying them.
Swan Dive has always had a bit of BN, but this one is full tilt, as is Stephen's, thanks to Brazilian guitarist/producer Oscar Castro-Neves (who was with the first Brazil 66). As Todd Rundgren did a decade ago with his With A Twist CD, Stephen takes some of his most well known songs and redoes them BN, but he also wrote some new ones for this release, of which my favorite is Take This Empty Heart. It seems that Stephen has taken the Paul McCartney route of releasing his CD through one retailer: Target (Paul's was Starbucks). I also noticed that Kenny Loggins has a new one only out on the Target label, too. That wacky music biz!
You can hear bits of both the BN CDs on the MySpace pages I linked to their names. If so inclined, you may also visit their official sites, www.swandive.org and www.stephenbishop.com.
Needless to say, I'll probably be ready for some balls-to-the-wall rock pretty damn soon ...
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