AMÁLIA BARAONA

...Amália's voice is gentle, completely natural, and deceptively understated. Her breathy tones and conversational style mask a sophistication and control... 

...Amália sings with a beguiling mixture of insouciance and precision. She sounds a little like the newer wave of Brazilian singers, Joyce or Bebel Gilberto, but sings like herself...

...Ms. Baraona has chosen to sing in her dusky contralto, claiming the high ground with her timbre as once powerful and tender...