Florida USA – Tribute to 60 years of Bossa Nova – Focus Brasil 2018 Florida
Three nations unite – the USA, Australia and Brazil – to celebrate the music of Perth-based Brazilian singer/songwriter Juliana Areias. Her album “Bossa Nova Baby” is winner of Best Brazilian Music Album released in the U.S. at the Focus Brasil Awards in Florida.
Juliana Areias has just been announced as winner of Focus Brasil Awards in Florida 2019, receiving the award of Best Brazilian Music Album released in the U.S., for her first original album “Bossa Nova Baby”. The album was produced in Perth, Western Australia with the support of the Department of the Culture and the Arts (now called Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries – DLGSC). DLGSC is also supporting Juliana Areias to travel to receive the award and perform at the Focus Brasil Red Carpet Gala Ceremony at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts, in Florida on Saturday 11 May 2019. Back in Perth, she will celebrate at her next show at the Ellington Jazz Club, her favourite Australian Jazz venue, on Friday the 24th of May.
Juliana Areias’ Bossa Nova Baby album is available on all digital platforms including Spotify, Youtube and web; www.julianaareias.com
After enthralling audiences across the USA, Australia, Japan , Europe and Brazil, Juliana Areias, the “Bossa Nova Baby” celebrates her award for Best Brazilian Album released in the USA at the Focus Brasil Awards in Florida.
In 2018, Juliana Areias, along with her partner Cybernetics Artist Geoffrey Drake-Brockman and her kids Jobim and Lilas, embarked on the adventure of living in Manhattan for several months to promote their artistic works. Juliana Areias performed and promoted her Bossa Nova Baby album in New York, California, Florida, New Jersey and Washington DC.
“After all the craziness of interrupting our work lives and the kids school routine by moving for months in the USA, with the loves of my life, my partner and my kids, to promote our artistic works there – and investing so much courage, energy, money, time, hard work and emotion – it is humbly gratifying to be among so many amazing artists at this award… Including the superstar prima-ballerina Ana Botafogo and opera singer Thiago Arancam, my dear Ivo de Carvalho and Yamandu Costa and my idol Antonio Adolfo (composer of “Pretty World/Sa Marina” as covered by Steve Wonder in 1971, by Ivete Sangalo in 2011 and many others). Congratulations to all the nominees and winners! To be alongside you is an enormous privilege… Thank you to the team at Focus Brasil Foundation and to all our old and new friends in the USA for opening your doors, your arms and your hearts, welcoming us so well… Thank you so much my beloved Perth City and all who helped to give birth to this Bossa Nova Baby. Thank you all who have listened to or will listen to this album made with so much love… I am eternally grateful to all of you…” – Juliana Areias thanks and celebrates her award win.
Sao Paulo born Juliana was personally introduced to the Bossa Nova founders when she was a teenager by legendary Brazilian Music historian and journalist Ruy Castro who also nicknamed her “The Bossa Nova Baby”. This direct exposure and unique experience inspired her to become a professional singer and songwriter.
Juliana Areias left Brazil in 1996 and she has been living in Perth, Australia since 2007. Perth, the most isolated capital of the world, is where she has produced her first original album “Bossa Nova Baby” with the support of the Department of the Culture and the Art of Western Australia and a crowdfunding campaign. The album features some of the best Australian Jazz musicians including seven-string guitarist Doug De Vries and many Jazz lecturers from WAAPA – the best Jazz University in Australia located in Perth, including bassist, arranger and producer Pete Jeavons and the late pianist Graham Wood.
The Bossa Nova Baby album presents a dialogue between Bossa Nova and other music genres such as pop, jazz and tango – creating a contemporary Latin Jazz musical fusion which is taking the Australian and the International music scene by storm. It was praised by Roberto Menescal, one of the creator of Bossa Nova and it was also declared as the “new face of Australian Music” by ABC Radio National. The twelve songs of the album talk about places, people, sounds and stories from Juliana’s wonderful current life in Perth as well as reminisce about her past in Brazil, Switzerland and New Zealand. The album features songs including Maré Cheia / Full Tide (a pop-funk tune about the Yemanjá – queen of the sea in Afro-Brazilian Mythology); Flecha / Arrow (a samba-jazz tribute to Rio de Janeiro City); Garoto de Copacabana / Boy from Copacabana (a bossa tribute to Antonio Carlos Jobim, composer of the iconic The Girl From Ipanema); Missão / Mission (a samba dedicated to the Samba de Gafieira Dance community in Perth); Belas Artes / Fine Artes (a choro about her love Geoffrey Drake-Brockman’s artworks and artistic inspirations in Perth).
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 Fukiagi Hall in Japan, the Auckland Festival in New Zealand and the legendary Beco das Garrafas in Rio de Janeiro as well as an audience of 30,000 at the Ritmo Festival in Darling Harbour.
Now it is your turn to be 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
Website: www.julianaareias.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JulianaAreias.BrazilianSinger/
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/JulianaAreiasMusic
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/juliana-areias-1/tracks
Juliana Areias travel to perform and receive the Best Brazilian Music Album released in the USA Focus Brasil Awards in Florida on 11 May 2019 for her original album Juliana Areias – Bossa Nova Baby produced in Perth, Western Australia is supported by DLGSC – Local Governament, Sport and Cultural Industries – Culture and the Arts of Western Australia (DCA).
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Prêmio Focus Brasil Award 2019 na Florida, une três nações – EUA, Brasil e Austrália – festejando a música da cantora e compositora Juliana Areias – Bossa Nova Baby, vencedora do melhor álbum brasileiro lançado nos EUA.
Acaba de ser anunciado o resultado do prêmio de música Focus Brasil Awards 2019 na Flórida com Juliana Areias – Bossa Nova Baby ganhando o prêmio de melhor álbum brasileiro do ano lançado nos EUA . O álbum foi produzido em Perth, na Austrália com o apoio do Governo Australiano, que também trará Juliana Areias para se apresentar e receber o prêmio na Cerimônia de Gala do Focus Brasil Awards no Broward Center for the Performing Arts (Fort Lauderdale) no sábado 11 de maio de 2019. Em Perth, a celebração acontecerá na sexta 24 de maio, no Ellington Jazz Club, sua casa de jazz favorita.
O álbum Juliana Areias – Bossa Nova Baby está disponível em todas as plataformas digitais incluindo Spotify, Youtube e também no website www.julianaareias.com
“Depois da loucura de interromper nossos projetos e escola das crianças na Austrália para vir morar nos EUA por meses para promover nossa arte, investindo tanta coragem, energia, dinheiro, tempo, noites perdidas, emoção e trabalho intensivo , é uma grande alegria e muito gratificante estar ao lado de tantos artistas fantásticos nessa premiação, incluindo a super bailarina Ana Botafogo e cantor de Ópera Thiago Arancam, meus queridos Ivo de Carvalho e Yamandu Costa, meu ídolo Antônio Adolfo ( multi- grammy finalista e compositor de Sá Marina (Pretty World) , gravada por Stevie Wonder em 1971, Ivete Sangalo em 2011 em, e tantos outros), . Parabéns a todos os nomeados e ganhadores! Estar ao lado de vocês é um previlégio enorme… Super obrigada ao time todo da Fundação Focus Brasil por todas as oportunidaes, a todos os antigos e novos amigos nos Estados Unidos por abrirem as portas, braços e corações, nos recebendo tão bem… Muito obrigada minha amada cidade Perth, na Australia e todos que me ajudaram a dar luz ao álbum Bossa Nova Baby para o mundo. Obrigada você que já ouviu ou ainda vai ouvir esse álbum feito com tanto amor. Sou eternamente grata a todos vocês” – Juliana Areias agradece e comemora a premiação.
A cantora e compositora paulistana Juliana Areias foi apelida desde a adolescência de Bossa Nova Baby pelo próprio Ruy Castro, jornalista e autor do bestseller Chega de Saudade – A história e as estórias da Bossa Nova – que a levou para os bastidores da Bossa Nova, inspirando-a a seguir a carreira artística.
O CD Bossa Nova Baby, aclamado pela crítica australiana e brasileira foi elogiado por artistas tais como Roberto Menescal, um dos fundadores da Bossa Nova e foi considerado como a nova face da música australiana pela Radio Nacional ABC da Austrália. O álbum apresenta um diálogo da Bossa Nova com outros estilos como pop, jazz e tango – criando uma fusão musical contemporânea que está conquistando o cenário musical australiano e internacional. As doze faixas do álbum, retratam lugares, pessoas, sons e estórias, desde sua linda vida atual em Perth até reminicências do seu passado no Brasil, Suiça e Nova Zelândia. Algumas das faixas de destaque são Maré Cheia / Full Tide (um pop-funk sobre Yemanjá); Flecha / Arrow (um samba-jazz para a cidade do Rio de Janeiro); Garoto de Copacabana / Boy from Copacabana (uma bossa tributo ao Tom Jobim e sua canção Garota de Ipanema); Missão / Mission (um samba dedicado ao grupo de gafieira do qual faz parte em Perth); Belas Artes / Fine Artes ( um choro sobre as obras de artes e as inspirações vindas de Perth presentes no trabalho de seu amor, o artista cibernético australiano Geoffrey Drake-Brockman).
Juliana Areias se apresentou em célebres palcos ao redor do mundo incluindo o Sydney Opera House, o Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club em Londres, o Green Room em Nova York, o Montreux Jazz Festival na Suíça, o Auckland Festival na Nova Zelândia, o Fukiagi Hall no Japão, o lendário Beco das Garrafas no Rio de Janeiro, e o Ritmo Festival em Darling Harbour, para um público de mais de 30.000 pessoas.
Agora é a sua vez de mergulhar e se encantar pelas ondas sonoras da Bossa Nova Baby, Juliana Areias.
– “A menina dos olhos da cena de jazz de Perth. O lançamento do álbum Bossa Nova Baby eleva Juliana acima de uma mera cantora especialista em bossa nova. A cantora impecavelmente arrasa no seu elegante dueto e co-composição Belas Artes com o melhor violonista 7 cordas australiano, Doug de Vries” – The Australian – Tony Hillier
– “É bossa que bate bola com o jazz -como vem acontecendo desde os anos 1960 – e que acerta o alvo. “Bossa nova baby” é surpresa de boa canção brasileira feita longe e ainda ignorada entre nós..” – O GLOBO– Brazil– Antonio Carlos Miguel – Music critic and judge member of the Latin Grammy Award.
– “ A idéia de misturar estilos e culturas se reflete na vida e música de Juliana Areias.” – Daily Record, USA – Bill Nutt
Website: www.julianaareias.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JulianaAreias.BrazilianSinger/
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/JulianaAreiasMusic
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/juliana-areias-1/tracks
Juliana Areias - The Bossa Nova Baby 