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Originally Posted by Psy-Fi
I stumbled across this album a year or so ago while I was looking for something else. Japanese bossa nova that sounds convincing enough that it almost could have come right out of Brazil during the 1960's...
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Japan is the second home of bossa nova which they have been performing and recording since the early 60s. In Japan, it is not unusual to walk into a bar on karaoke night and watch people sing bossa nova all night long. It's very popular. In fact, the Japanese have spread it to Korea and Vietnam. A great many Japanese bossa nova artists go to Brazil and vice-versa. A lot of Brazilian artists have learned to sing their songs in Japanese just in case they end up going to Japan. I don't how the pandemic has affected all that.