CéU

Yesterday on The World I heard a brief story on a new Brazilian singer/songwriter named CéU. After 18 trips around the sun she moved to New York City for a short stint, and lists The Roots, Bob Marley, and Erykah Badu as heavy influences. Her music is slow, chill, world beat type stuff, but like Seu Jorge, she doesn’t seem to suffer from the ubiquity of their genre. The subtle weaving of modern day mixing style and hip-hop flavors, plus some facet of her voice that I can’t quite put my finger on, all adds up to a something…something akin to a musical pheromone that transmits through the airwaves and says “tasty”. The chévre of the cheese world- not something you want to take a whole hunk of all at once, but something you take a little of and savor on your tongue, strong and smooth and just way good. Try her with a crusty bread and some wine, and wonder why we don’t eat like the French every day.

Ok, I have mentioned before that analogies or metaphors might be considered a hallmark of intelligence. Apparently they are also a sign of insanity. “She’s like a cheese??” Where does this crap come from?

Anyway, if my weird metaphor didn’t totally turn you off, you can check her out online, either that story on The World that I mentioned, or she’s got her own myspace page where you can listen to some tunes, dig up some info, etc.

-c