bet.e - b.coming
Written by Nicholas Jennings    Sunday, 13 December 2009 01:00    PDF Print E-mail

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bet.e - b.comingBet.e & Stef were a Latin Ian & Sylvia: an attractive Canadian duo performing bossa nova. Now a solo artist, Montreal chanteuse bet.e (she now favors a kd lang-style lower case name) still performs Brazilian music with her beguiling voice. Her debut album includes a cool, bossa nova version of Cole Porter’s “You’d Be So Nice to Come Home To” and several sexy sambas. But bet.e is clearing also becoming a first-rate composer. Check out her stellar original songs like “Sky is Falling” and the Sade-like “Omigod.”

March 2009




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