luandajones

Emerging Brazilian singer/songwriter Luanda Jones has been captivating audiences for over a decade with her unique blend of suave, jazz-inflected vocals and stylized guitar harmonies, interpreting some of the Brazil's most cherished popular musicians. Her influences cover a wide artistic spectrum, ranging from João Gilberto and Gilberto Gil to the Beatles. 

Originally from Rio de Janeiro, has been singing and composing professionally for more than ten years. Born into a musical family, she has lived and breathed music from a very early age, sharing her home with a veteran rocker in father Luiz Moreno, and mother Irinéa Maria, a composer of bossa nova.

Luanda is now living in Toronto, Canada, where she has performed at a number of venues opening for such esteemed local and international artists as Lal, Badi Assad, Guinga, Pedro Luis, Benjamim Taubkin, Carmen Souza, etc..