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My Bossa Nova is the second studio album of Philippine bossa nova singer Sitti. It was released by Warner Music Philippines in 2007. Unlike her previous studio album, Café Bossa, this album focused on more recent songs and had very few "traditional" bossa nova songs. Sitti also co-wrote one song, "A Song for Penny Brown".
Bossanova is the third studio album by American alternative rock band Pixies.It was released on August 13, 1990, by English independent record label 4AD in the United Kingdom and by Elektra Records in the United States.
Bossa nova (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈbɔsɐ ˈnɔvɐ] ⓘ) is a relaxed style of samba [nb 1] developed in the late 1950s and early 1960s in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. [2] It is mainly characterized by a calm syncopated rhythm with chords and fingerstyle mimicking the beat of a samba groove, as if it was a simplification and stylization on the guitar of the rhythm produced by a samba school band.
The track selection emphasizes the band's albums Bossa Nova 2001 (1993) and Overdose (1994), [1] while Romantique 96 (1995), their most recent studio album at the time, is represented by one track, a cover of Plastics' "Good".
Sitti Katrina Baiddin Navarro-Ramirez (born November 29, 1984 [1] in Las Piñas), known professionally as Sitti, is a Filipino bossa nova singer. [2] After releasing her first album, Café Bossa, in 2006, other bossa nova acts in the Philippines followed. [3]
Her album, entitled Bossa Latino Lite, debuted at No.11 at Tower Records’ Top 25 albums chart. [3] Sofia's second album was released December 28, 2006, entitled In Love With Nova Bossa. On April 1, 2007, her debut album Bossa Latino Lite reached the gold mark.
Jeff Simon of The Buffalo News gave a 4.5 out of 5 stars rating saying "It's the very quiet and intimacy and unassuming beauty of this record that make it his best in many years -- from the opening bossa nova "E Preciso Perdovar" with guitarist Romero Lubambo to the finale "Estate" with just this disc's basic quartet.
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