AUDIO PROFILES

Nelly Furtado
Whoa Nelly!

Nelly Furtado is a talented young singer and writer whose major label debut has been nominated for several Grammy Awards, including best new artist, song of the year and best female pop vocal. Her CD fuses dance mixes, Brazilian percussion and sharp, knowing lyrics. Nelly says she wanted an upbeat CD she could perform live, but her CD also showcases a quieter, more thoughtful side - suggesting why she has become a very successful young artist.

- Nelly Furtado's days of making melancholy music are DEFINITELY over.

- Being on stage lets Nelly say things she'd never say in real life - or so she says.

- Furtado's songs often begin as conversations she has with herself as she looks out at the world.

- Furtado says she wrote this song to be like a Brazilian fable.

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Damian Marley
Halfway Tree

Halfway Tree, Damian Marley's Grammy Award-winning Reggae CD, takes its name from the Kingston, Jamaica, neighborhood that sits between the city's privileged and poor. It's the aptly named recording by Bob Marley's youngest son, who grew up in both worlds but follows in his family's musical footsteps with songs and rapping that seek to lift oppressed peoples' spirits and dignity.

- Damian Marley says he wanted this recording to showcase him as an artist who has really come into his own.

- A political song with very personal roots.

- Marley says HipHop grew naturally out of Reggae and from other sources that inspire music from the streets.

- Marley explains what it is to be a Rastafarian and why Ethiopia's Haile Selassie is known as the 'Lion of Judah.

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