Juliana Areias – SUNSET SONGS AT NORTH COTTESLOE IS BACK

Posted on December 20, 2025 by julianaareias in Uncategorized

Sunset Songs Returns to North Cottesloe – Free Every Friday this Summer
2 January – 27 March 2026 | 6–8pm | Beside Magic Apple

Award-winning Brazilian singer-songwriter Juliana Areias, known as The Bossa Nova Baby, is back with her much-loved Sunset Songs at North Cottesloe series. Every Friday evening from 2 January to 27 March 2026, locals and visitors are invited to enjoy free, intimate beachside performances set against Perth’s iconic sunsets.

After a two-summer hiatus, Juliana brings her smooth bossa nova and Brazilian jazz back to her favourite local beach, joined by WAAPA-trained acoustic-guitarists Joshua de Silva and Ridge Moss. A minimalist, family-friendly activity for the whole community, Sunset Songs invites audiences to bring a picnic, unwind and enjoy iconic West Coast sunsets set to gentle Brazilian rhythms.

Perth’s own Girl from Ipanema — or rather, our Girl from Cottesloe — brings her authentic, gentle bossa nova tunes back to the place she calls home. Juliana explains that the community spirit behind the series is what brings her back:“Every time I walk along the beach, someone asks when the Sunset Songs at North Cottesloe series will return. I’ve missed it too. Bossa nova was born at the beach, and the beach was my first stage as a singer in Brazil, and even my surname Areias means beach sands, so returning to sing here is always deeply meaningful to me, it feels like coming full circle. I’m grateful to the Town of Cottesloe and the NCSLSC for supporting the idea again – it’s truly a gift to share with the community. If I can keep singing close to the sea until I die, I’ll be happy.”

Recently seen at the Perth International Jazz Festival, Juliana has performed internationally at some of the world’s most renowned venues, including the Sydney Opera House, Montreux Jazz Festival (Switzerland), Ronnie Scott’s (London), The Green Room (New York), and Rio’s legendary Beco das Garrafas, where bossa nova was born.

Juliana’s love of music and performance stretches back to her teenage years in Brazil, when she was personally introduced to the founders of bossa nova by legendary Brazilian journalist and historian Ruy Castro, who gave her the nickname The Bossa Nova Baby. That early connection inspired her to pursue a professional career in music – one that has taken her across Europe, the USA, Japan, Singapore, Latin America, New Zealand and Australia.

Her acclaimed album Bossa Nova Baby won Best Brazilian Album at the US Focus Brazil Awards and reached the US Top 100 Jazz Charts. She is a five-time Western Australian Music Awards nominee, with ABC Radio National describing her as “the changing face of Australian music”, and The Australian praising her for “excelling in elegance.”

The Sunset Songs performances are entirely self-funded, with Juliana welcoming donations and sponsorship to help sustain the project. The series is designed to be inclusive and engaging: audiences are free to dance, walk along the sand, enjoy a meal or picnic, or simply stop for a moment and soak in the music.

Critics internationally have celebrated Juliana’s artistry:

“Rhythmically perfect and passionate vocal delivery… She excels in elegance.” — The Australian
“A wonderful Brazilian-Australian bossa nova baby with contemporary bossa nova songs.” — Key and Chords, Belgium
“It’s bossa that plays soccer with jazz — and scores.” — O GLOBO, Brazil
“Mixing styles and cultures is reflected in her life and music.” — Daily Record, USA

This summer, West Australians are invited to experience the magic of Sunset Songs at North Cottesloe — an enchanting mix of music, community and the golden beauty of Perth sunsets, created by a local artist for her home and the people who love it.

Enjoy previous Sunset Songs Photo album here.

For more information:
www.JulianaAreias.com

A cool wave of Brazilian Music

Posted on September 11, 2025 by julianaareias in Uncategorized

Brazilian music is a vast universe – and it is rare to find a Radio Show curator who truly understands, researches and is able to bring a cool and full panorama of it with diversity and discernment combined.

This is exactly what you will find at the new radio show “Back in Brazil” hosted by Pablo Nascer at Radio Northern Beaches FM – Sydney – every Tuesday or online worldwide anytime you want.

Pablo is a TRUE Brazilian #journalist , author, cultural activist, music curator, producer and presenter based in Sydney. This week I had the privilege to have one of my original songs featuring in his 3rd show along with artists such as Marisa Montes & David Byrne, Tom Ze, Caetano, Betania and Geronimo (this is how we call them in Bahia, no surnames needed).

I had the pleasure to meet Pablo for the first time in 2011 during my first presentation in Sydney at the Ritmo Festival for over 30k people at Darling Harbour. Thanks to Pablo, I also met and become friends with a fantastic team of artists behind the superb Abuka project – Tiago de Lucca, Sandro Bueno and Raphael Brasil.

Here are some historical photos of these encounters in 2011. Thank you Pablo for your eclectic fine taste, research and the information you bring to the show. I wish you could be here in Perth for our presentation at the Perth International Jazz Festival on 25 Oct! PIJF: JULIANA AREIAS (BRA/PER) at The Ellington Jazz Club ! Long life for the excellent Back in Brazil show!

📻📡🎶 Back in Brazil program, hosted by Pablo Nacer, premiered on 26 August 2025 – Radio Northern Beaches in Sydney.
The 1 hour program featuring a diverse repertoire of Brazilian music: new releases, classics, B-sides, notable vocals, and occasional special interviews.

👉 Where to listen:
🔹 Radio Northern Beaches – community radio, on air since 1984
🔹 Local frequencies: 88.7 FM and 90.3 FM
🔹 Online, anywhere in the world 🌍: https://rnb.org.au/stream/ or https://www.mixcloud.com/PabloNacer/

🕣 When: every Tue – 8:30 pm (Sydney time)

An unmissable opportunity to reminisce about Brazil and connect with our culture through music.

Pablito’s Blog: https://blogdopablito.com/2025/08/25/back-in-brazil-no-ar/

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Happy Bossa Nova Day – Tom Jobim & Leny Andrade birthday tribute

Posted on January 25, 2025 by julianaareias in Uncategorized

HAPPY BOSSA NOVA DAY! The day on which Antônio Carlos Jobim & Leny Andrade were born, both pivotal artists in the creation and development of Bossa Nova and Samba Jazz. No wonder they are my favourite composer and singer respectively.

Leny used to call me her “little friend photographer”… At the same time, my dear friend Ruy Castro gave me the nickname “Bossa Nova Baby”, and gave me access to many rehearsals and concerts of the Chega de Saudade Concert Series featuring all my Bossa Nova idols… This luck of meeting them all personally and taking all opportunities to watch them live, be with them during the rehearsals and after the concerts, having dinner all together, during my teenage years, inspired me to become a singer.

Here is our tribute to both of them, Leny Andrade and Tom Jobim, featuring 3 of their original arrangements and 1 surprise arrangement.

Waters of March – composed by Antonio Carlos Jobim

Wave – composed by Antônio Carlos Jobim, arranged by Leny Andrade’s band.

Dindi – composed by Antônio Carlos Jobim and Aloysio de Oliveira featuring Loro Bardot with Juliana Areias.

Eu quero ver – composed by Carlinhos Vergueiro / J. Petrolino / Landinho , arranged by Leny Andrade’s band.

🎥 Videos recorded at the Ellington Jazz Club, Perth, Australia, featuring: Juliana Areias (voice), Paul Millard (sax/flute), Moha Michel (piano), Joshua de Silva (guitar), Tommi Flamenco (bass), Rafael Medeiros de Souza (percussion), Francisco Munhoz (drums), Bronton Ainsworth (drums) and very special guest Loro Bardot.

📸 Photo of Juliana Areias with the guitar at Cottesloe Beach by David Baylis – Perth Now, Community News Group

📸 Photos at the end, from JulianaAreias.com website: Thank you Ruy, Leny, Tom & Banda Nova, Joao, Vina, Luizinho Eca (Tamba trio), Boscoli, Miele, Lyra, Menescal, Donato, Marcus Vale, Rosa Passos, Leila Pinheiro, Joyce, Wanda Sa, Alaide Costa, Claudete Soares, Cris Delanno, Rita Lee, Ithamsta Koorax, Tiao Neto, Johnny Alf, Carlos Vinhas, Mauricio Einhorn, Baden Powell, Gilson Peranzetta, Billy Blanco, Tito Madi, Carlos Coutinho, Adriano de Oliveira, Luiza Maia, Sebastiao Tapajos, Araken & Moacyr Peixoto, Sivuca, Os Cariocas, Toquinho, Anselmo Carvalho, Zimbo Trio, Mascarenhas and many other musicians from the Bossa Nova world which are not present in these photos but always in my memories and heart! Love you all… HAPPY OUR BOSSA NOVA DAY!

Also sending all my love to all involved in the RIO BOSSA NOSSA Festival happening in Rio de Janeiro right now, presented by Helo Pinheiro, the true Girl from Ipanema! From here in Perth, Australia, we celebrate with all of you!

Happy anniversary to São Paulo city as well, my crazy city! Pauliceia Desvairada!

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Beautiful day to became Australian – thanks to Bossa Nova

Posted on September 17, 2024 by julianaareias in Uncategorized

What a beautiful day to become Australian! So much to say… I feel only gratitude. This citizenship comes after living in Perth for 16 years and after receiving the rare Global Distinguished Talent Visa about 2 years ago thanks to a life long dedication to Bossa Nova worldwide.

Thank you Meu Amor Geoffrey, for all your love, encouragement and support at every step… For helping me and understanding how important it was to be granted Australian citizenship for me and for my beloved kids Jobim and Lilas, not by the easiest way… but because I am an artist.

Why we do what we do, is important. It matters that we persist in what we believe is the best contribution we can give to the world.

To be an artist means to deal with continuous uncertainty, frequent rejection and lack of understanding almost everyday. Yet, on a day like today, the value of culture and the arts is reaffirmed.

Thank you Australia.

Thank you Bossa Nova.

Thank you Ruy Castro. Thank you Menescal.

Thank you meus amores Geoffrey, Jobim, Lilas and Lua.

Thank you to my family and friends here and around the world. Thank you to every person I have ever met and every life event which has brought me to here and now.

This Friday 20 September, I get to do what I love doing and I hope I can have the honour of celebrating with you at our Juliana Areias – Jobim Forever Concert at the Ellington Jazz Club. http://www.julianaareias.com (link in bio).

Juliana Areias – Jobim Forever

Thank you Antônio Carlos Jobim, Leny Andrade, Joao Gilberto, Vinícius de Moraes and all bossa nova masters.

Thank you Perth.

Thank you the Ellington Jazz Club

Thank you all for supporting live music in this extraordinary city we all love to call home. Our Island Home – Australia.

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Juliana Areias – Jobim Songbook Concert – Sold-out

Posted on September 15, 2020 by julianaareias in Uncategorized

Juliana Areias – Jobim Songbook Concert

Saturday 19 September 7.00pm @ The Ellington Jazz Club – Perth – Sold-out

Missed out on tickets? Please keep checking this page for updates, or book your tickets now for the next Juliana Areias show on Saturday October 10th.

After her “All That Samba” tour of Singapore and Australia, completed just before the epidemic lockdown, and her sold-out True Live Concert in August, Perth’s own Award winning Brazilian singer-songwriter Juliana Areias, the “Bossa Nova Baby” is back in Perth to present another sold-out concert, a tribute to her favourite composer and bossa nova master; Antonio Carlos Jobim.

The concert will embrace timeless Jobim bossa classics – such as; The Girl from Ipanema, One note samba, Corcovado, No more blues (Chega de Saudade), Waters of March (Aguas de Marco) – which were introduced to the English Speaking world by Antonio Carlos Jobim, Joao & Astrud Gilberto, Sergio Mendes, Stan Getz, Charlie Byrd, Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra, Diana Krall, Herbie Hancock, and Al Jarreau, Esperanza Spalding; – as well as other breathtaking Jobim compositions that may sound new for the audience.

Juliana was personally introduced to the Bossa Nova founders when she was a teenager by the legendary Brazilian music historian and journalist Ruy Castro who also named her “The Bossa Nova Baby”. This direct contact with the bossa masters inspired her to become a professional singer and songwriter.

For this exceptionally special concert, Juliana Areias has assembled a blazing line-up of sensational musicians and special guests – showcasing the amazing talent and cultural diversity we are so lucky to have in Perth. Juliana Areias is honoured to share the stage on this sensuous musical journey with the grooviest cats in town: Paul Millard – sax/flute, Joshua de Silva – guitar, Tommi Flamenco – bass, Bronton Ainsworth – drums and percussionists Rafael Medeiro de Souza and Lee Coumbe.

Juliana Areias has performed multiple sold-out concerts around Australia and on major stages internationally including the Sydney Opera House, the Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland, Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club in London, the Green Room in New York, the Fukiagi Hall in Japan, the Auckland Festival in New Zealand and the legendary Beco das Garrafas in Rio de Janeiro.

Now it is your turn to feel spellbound by the Bossa Nova Baby, Juliana Areias.

–“Rhythmically perfect and passionate vocal delivery. The toast of the Perth Jazz Scene. The release of Bossa Nova Baby has elevated her above a mere covers singer or bossa specialist. The singer excels in an elegant co-composed duet (Belas Artes) with Australia’s finest Brazilian-oriented 7-string guitarist, Doug de Vries” – The Australian

–“We celebrate the changing face of Australian music with Brazilian-born, Perth based singer Juliana’s excellent, Bossa Nova-centred album.” – ABC Radio National

–“The idea of mixing styles and cultures is reflected in Areias’ life and her music.”, Daily Record – USA

–“It’s bossa that plays soccer with Jazz – as it has since the 60’s – and scoring a goal.” – O GLOBO – Brazil

–”A wonderful Brazilian-Australian bossa nova baby with contemporary bossa nova songs.“– Key and Chords – Belgium

More information: www.julianaareias.com

Missed out on tickets? Please keep checking this page for updates, or book your tickets now for the next Juliana Areias show on Saturday October 10th.

“Quando a luz dos olhos teus e a luz dos olhos meus resolvem se encontrar…” (A.C. Jobim).

“When the light of your eyes and the light of my eyes decide to encounter each other…” (A.C. Jobim).

Looking forward to our encounter with the music of Jobim this Saturday 19/9 Juliana Areias – Jobim Songbook Concert @ The Ellington Jazz – Perth!

Tickets are sold-out! If you’ve booked your tickets in advance, see you there! Viva Jobim!

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Juliana Areias – True Live Concert – Back in action – Perth Sat 15 Aug 2020

Posted on July 8, 2020July 8, 2020 by julianaareias in Uncategorized

Juliana Areias – True Live Concert

Saturday 15 August 7.00pm @ The Ellington Jazz Club – Perth, Australia – BOOK NOW

After her “All That Samba” tour of Singapore and Australia, completed just before the epidemic lockdown, Perth’s own Brazilian singer-songwriter Juliana Areias, the “Bossa Nova Baby” is glad to be back on stage to present her “True Live” Concert!

“True Live” will showcase the songs that inspired Juliana to keep her sanity, hope, and joy during the fearful pandemic period. She will pay tribute to the iconic Brazilian songwriter Aldir Blanc – who died of Covid -19 on May 4th. Aldir’s unforgettable sambas were co-composed and recorded by some of Brazil’s best artists such as Elis Regina, Joao Bosco, Guinga and Moacyr Luz.

The concert will also reflect on Juliana’s Brazilian-Australian-Kiwi-World Citizen identity and how we all can feel related to the Black Lives Matter movement through the joyful and powerful songs of Afro-Brazillian composers such as Gilberto Gil, Djavan, Milton Nascimento, Carlinhos Brown, Luiz Melodia, Ale Kali and Luedji Luna. Juliana, originally from Sao Paulo City, has always been passionate in exploring her European, African and Indigenous roots. Juliana will also touch on her connection with Bahia, the most African State of Brazil, where she lived prior to moving to Switzerland, New Zealand and Australia. Above all, this concert will celebrate the rich mixture of humanity, the joy of being alive, and the life-changing contributions made by music and musicians.

Juliana Areias is looking forward to performing again with her band of dear friends and incredible musicians – showcasing the amazing talent and cultural diversity we are so lucky to have in Perth: Paul Millard – sax/flute, Joshua de Silva – guitar, Tommi Flamenco – bass, Bronton Ainsworth – drums and special guests: percussionists Rafael Medeiro de Souza and Lee Coumbe along with samba de gafieira and forro dance teachers Ana Lucia Pereira Silva and Sarah Quinn – co-founders of “Let The Dance Speak”

Juliana Areias is an award-winning Brazilian Singer-Songwriter. Her debut original album “Bossa Nova Baby” won “Best Brazilian Album” at the US Focus Brazil Awards in 2019 and spent five weeks in the US Jazz Top 100 . Juliana has been nominated five times for Western Australian Music Awards including Best World Music Act and Best Song. Dubbed the “Bossa Nova Baby” by iconic Brazilian journalist Ruy Castro, Juliana has performed across Europe, USA, Japan, Latin America and Australia – including shows at the Sydney Opera House, Montreux Jazz Festival, Ronnie Scott’s in London, the Green Room in New York, Fukiagi Hall in Japan, Auckland Festival, and Beco das Garrafas in Rio de Janeiro. Now it is your turn to feel spellbound by the Bossa Nova Baby, Juliana Areias.

–“The idea of mixing styles and cultures is reflected in Areias’ life and her music.”, Daily Record – USA

–“We celebrate the changing face of Australian music with Brazilian-born, Perth based singer Juliana’s excellent, Bossa Nova-centred album.” – ABC Radio National

–“It’s bossa that plays soccer with Jazz – as it has since the 60’s – and scoring a goal.” – O GLOBO – Brazil

–”A wonderful Brazilian-Australian bossa nova baby with contemporary bossa nova songs.“– Key and Chords – Belgium

More information: www.julianaareias.com

Juliana Areias – True Live Concert

Saturday 15 August 7.00pm @ The Ellington Jazz Club – Perth, Australia – BOOK NOW

* National and International Performances are postponed due to coronavirus official restrictions #COVID-19 .

But you can enjoy Juliana Areias at Youtube Channel and Spotify

Support by donation: paypal.me/bossanovababy

All That Samba YouTube Playlist – Keeping alive and searching for meaning

Posted on June 10, 2020June 10, 2020 by julianaareias in Uncategorized

Hello beloved people around the planet… Since Mid March you have not heard much about music from me, but much more about my political journey … Thank you for caring, for listening… You know who you are…

Each one of us is coping the best (or worse) we can with these multiple global crises… Most of the time I have been feeling in fear, lost, depressed, worried, guilty, overwhelmed, drained, paralysed… finding very hard to be my “normal positive self”, with all tragedies around… searching for perspective, meaning in every view, every news, every day, every challenge… Dealing with survival, life threatening and death in the family and of friends.

Brazil’s out of control situation particularly has created even a serious identity crisis… Is the Brazil I represent with my art still current? This colourful country with friendly and talented people capable to face any challenge with creativity and joy? Or has Brazil become just a country of brutality and hypocrisy? How to keep singing the beauty of a country that is dying, is killing itself?

I have no answers yet, but I can see that I am not the only one feeling like this… And, ironically, this seams to be the only way I can feel some hope for Brazil, for humanity, for the planet, for the future, for my art…

Since I am not feeling strong, I am not yet capable to smile and produce “lives” as requested by some people I love … But I am finally very slowly uploading a playlist on my YouTube channel with live performances from my most recent All That Samba Tour around Australia and Singapore which we were lucky to be able to finish in mid March 2020… Only three months ago,but it feels like it was another life… There are about 15 news videos there and I will keep uploading more slowly… when I find energy to do so… I hope it can bring us some hope, light and joy…

Keep looking after yourselves and helping others anyway you can…

With love , Ju

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLuaPA_9DIyaU5QKQJ_CXuSLmUTxIGyE3Z

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JULIANA AREIAS – FIREWORKS AT COPACABANA

Posted on November 20, 2019November 21, 2019 by julianaareias in Uncategorized

JULIANA AREIAS – FIREWORKS AT COPACABANA

Saturday 14 December 7.00pm at The Ellington Jazz Club – BOOK NOW

Juliana Areias invites you to party Brazilian-style, come and feel like you are in Rio for the New Year’s Eve Fireworks at Copacabana Beach! Roll-up for a magical night of rhythms and joy celebrating the festive season and the music of the country of bossa nova, samba and carnaval with Perth’s own Brazilian singer-songwriter – recent winner of the USA Focus Brasil Music Award and Best World Music Act – WAM Awards finalist – Juliana Areias, the “Bossa Nova Baby”.

This vibrant and sensuous concert will embrace some of Brazil’s most evocative rhythms and fusions – bossa, samba, baiao, maracatu, samba-jazz, samba-funk, samba-rock and feature many celebrated composers and interpreters as well as a few songs from Juliana Areias’s award-winning album “ Bossa Nova Baby” – currently in the USA TOP 100 Jazz Billboard Charts 2019. From fresh arrangements of Jobim’s bossa classics such as The Girl from Ipanema, One note Samba and Sergio Mendes Brazil66’ popular samba recording Mas que nada to contemporary Brazilian icons – Djavan, Joao Bosco, Lenine, Arlindo Cruz, Gilberto Gil, Caetano Veloso, Roberto Menescal, Joao Donato, Rosa Passos… and groovy surprises, like a bossa version of Katy Perry’s Fireworks song – This concert will make your heart sway into the samba beat and your imagination fly high!

In Brazil, the best New Year’s Eve Celebrations are by the sea, with fireworks, live music, and millions of people dressed in white bringing roses to Yemanja – the siren queen of the sea – while jumping seven waves and making wishes and resolutions for the new year. Feel free to dress in white, if you wish, or in your favourite colour!

For this exceptionally joyful concert, Juliana Areias has assembled a blazing line-up of sensational musicians and special guests – showcasing the amazing talent and cultural diversity we are so lucky to have in Perth. Juliana Areias is honoured to share the stage with:

– Joshua de Silva – Australian/Srilankan guitarist and singer;

– Paul Millard (leader of Straight Ahead Big Band)

– Arvis Mena – Cuban bassist and lead singer of De Cuba Son Band

– Bronton Ainsworth – Australian drummer (member of Straight Ahead Big Band and Adam Hall band, and Beleza Samba School).

And very special guests:

– Rafael Medeiros – Brazilian percussionist

– Ourico – Lee Coumbe – Australian percussionist and Capoeira teacher (leader of Cdo-Perth Capoeira Group)

– Ana Lucia Pereira and Sarah Quinn – Let the Dance Speak – samba de gafieira and forro dance teachers and their students.

Juliana Areias has performed on major stages internationally including the Sydney Opera House, Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club in London, the Green Room in New York, the Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland, the Auckland Festival in New Zealand and the legendary Beco das Garrafas in Rio de Janeiro.

Now it is your turn to feel alive and spellbound by the Bossa Nova Baby, Juliana Areias.

– “The toast of the Perth Jazz Scene. The release of Bossa Nova Baby has elevated her above a mere covers singer or bossa specialist. The singer excels in an elegant co-composed duet (Belas Artes) with Australia’s finest Brazilian-oriented 7-string guitarist, Doug de Vries”.– The Australian – Tony Hillier

– “It’s bossa that plays soccer with Jazz – as it has since the 60’s – and scoring a goal. Bossa Nova Baby” is a welcome surprise of great Brazilian music, made far away.” – O GLOBO– Brazil– Antonio Carlos Miguel – Music critic and judge member of the Latin Grammy Award.

– “The idea of mixing styles and cultures is reflected in Areias’ life and her music” – Daily Record, USA – Bill Nutt

More information at: www.julianaareias.com

PERTH SINGER TAKES ON USA JAZZ TOP 100

Posted on September 18, 2019September 27, 2019 by julianaareias in Uncategorized

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

18th September 2019

PERTH SINGER CHARTS IN US JAZZ TOP 100

The Perth-based Brazilian singer Juliana Areias’ ‘Bossa Nova Baby’ album, which was recorded and produced in Perth, has charted at #70 in the US Jazz Top 100

Perth singer Juliana Areias was delighted to find out this week that her debut album ‘Bossa Nova Baby’ had charted at #70 on the US Jazz Top 100, following her win of ‘Best Brazilian Music Album’ at the US Focus Brazil Awards earlier this year.

‘Bossa Nova Baby’ was recorded and produced in Perth with the support of the Western Australian Department of Culture and the Arts, and features some of Australia’s finest musicians, including seven-string guitarist Doug De Vries, bassist, arranger and producer Pete Jeavons, many jazz lecturers from WAAPA, and the late pianist and Perth jazz scene luminary Graham Wood.

Originally from São Paulo, Juliana has lived in Perth since 2007. Growing up in Brazil, Juliana was personally introduced to the Bossa Nova founders by legendary Brazilian Music historian and journalist Ruy Castro, and it was he who nicknamed her ‘Bossa Nova Baby’, which she would go on to use as her album title.

No stranger to international acclaim, Juliana Areias has performed around the world at iconic venues, jazz clubs and festivals such as the Sydney Opera House, Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club in London, the Green Room in New York, the Fukiagi Hall in Japan, the Auckland Festival in New Zealand and the Beco des Garrafas in Rio de Janeiro, but she still calls Perth home.

When she isn’t touring the globe, Juliana performs regularly at Perth’s own iconic jazz club, The Ellington Jazz Club. You can catch her there on November 2 and at the Fremantle Arts Center on December 29.

For more information:

Juliana Areias

Email: management@julianaareias.com

Phone: +61405279160

Juliana Areias & Co – Beautiful Horizons – Festa do Interior Concert

Posted on June 30, 2019June 30, 2019 by julianaareias in Uncategorized

Juliana Areias & Co – Beautiful Horizons – Festa do Interior Concert

Friday 05 July 7.00pm – Book Now

Perth’s own Brazilian singer-songwriter and recent winner of the USA Focus Brasil Music Award – Juliana Areias, the “Bossa Nova Baby” – is back at the Ellington Jazz Club with a blazing new show to warm your winter and light a bonfire of the heart. Juliana invites you on a musical passage on the train of colours, precious gems, and songs from the Interior of Brazil. On this journey you’ll discover the beautiful horizons and sounds from the diverse inland of Brazil: its baroque mining cities in Minas Gerais State; the broad farmlands of Southern Brazil, rainforests of Pantanal, modern architecture in the capital Brasilia, the tropical expanse of the Amazon, and the folk bonfire festivals from the north-eastern dry areas where the rhythm of Baiao and the popular Quadrilha and Forro dance originate.

This eclectic concert will embrace some of South America’s most evocative rhythms – samba, baiao, carimbo, maracatu, guarania, folkpop – spanning traditional and contemporary composers and interpreters such as: Antonio Carlos Jobim (bossa-nova and beyond), Ary Barroso (composer of Brazil), Luiz Gonzaga (the king of Baiao), Joao Bosco, Djavan, Lenine, Joao Donato, Caetano Veloso, Milton Nascimento, Beto Guedes, Lo Borges, Fatima Guedes, Flavio Venturini, Roupa Nova, 14 Bis, Maria Rita, Maria Gadu, Diana Pequeno, Gal Costa, Toninho Horta, Wagner Tiso, Ronaldo Bastos, Fernando Brant, Dorival Caymmy,… as well as few songs from Juliana Areias’s award-winning album “Bossa Nova Baby”.

For this exceptionally colourful concert, Juliana Areias has assembled a scorching line-up of sensational musicians and special guests – showcasing the amazing talent and cultural diversity we are so lucky to have in Perth. Juliana Areias is honoured to share the stage with:

– Paul Millard, – Australian Saxophonist, flautist (leader of Straight Ahead Big Band);

– Joshua de Silva – Australian/Srilankan guitarist and singer;

– Tommy Flamenco / Arvis Mena – Cuban bassist and singer (leader of De Cuba Son Band);

– Filippe Rimis – Brazilian drummer