Search - Debi Nova :: Luna Nueva (Spanish Version)

Already a massive star in her native Costa Rica plus six Grammy Award nominations, a No. 1 dance single, and performances as a featured vocalist on tours with Ricky Martin and Sergio Mendes under her belt singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist Debi Nova is ready to make her mark on the rest of the world with the upcoming Decca release of her debut album Luna Nueva. The album is an electrifying combination of irresistible Latin rhythms and potent pop smarts that showcases this vivacious artist s considerable musical gifts (she plays piano, guitar, bass, and more) as well as her rich Latina heritage. It s a genre-defying blend that anyone can enjoy, whether they re Anglo or Latino, young or old, or straight or gay, and proof positive that pop music really is a universal language.

The cultural brew comes naturally to Nova, who explains that because Costa Rica is in Central America, we had Bossa Nova coming from Brazil, Afro-Cuban rhythms drifting over from the Caribbean, and, of course, all the great rock and soul from the U.S., she says. It was a real melting pot and I wanted my album to capture that." Nova s heritage is echoed not only in the album s steamy rhythms, but also in the songs lyrics themselves. A resident of Costa Rica and the U.S., who has split her time between the two countries for the last seven years, Nova sings in both English and Spanish, combining her native tongue and the language of her adopted homeland, often in the same verse. It s a colorful hybrid that many Latinos affectionately refer to as Spanglish.