BRASILEIROS DE SUCCESSO NO EXTERIOR –  January 31, 2015. Carioca, a cantora, compositora e multi-instrumentista Célia Malheiros foi ainda jovem para os Estados Unidos, onde vive há mais de 25 anos na Califórnia. http://tvbrasil.ebc.com.br/artedoartista/episodio/brasileiros-de-sucesso-no-exterior

Cenário Brasileiro – Reviews

BRASIL DE FORA – JORNAL DO BRASIL – 2007 – By Tarik de Souza
Radicada nos EUA há 27 anos, a cantora, multi-instrumentalista e compositora, dirigiu por 13 anos o carnaval de San Francisco, na California. Ja abriu para Ray Charles, e fez o show da festa do milênio para Francis Coppola. Esteve no Brasil para lançar seu disco mais recente, Cenário Brasileiro, editado nos EUA em 2006 com participação de João Bosco. Celia comercializa Cenário Brasileiro e o anterior Sempre Crescendo (participação de Hermeto Pascoal) no site www.celiamalheiros.com

JAZZREVIEW.COM – 2007 – By Dr. Ana Isabel Ordonez
Brazilian-born singer, composer and producer Celia Malheiros delights us with an Amazonian patchwork of rhythms, delivering a gem of an album comprising eleven tracks of beautiful Brazilian groove oriented releases on her own music label, Sempre Crescendo Music. Celia includes in her line up some great artists, including among them the notorious composer/singer and guitarist João Bosco. Read more at jazzreview.com.

JEANSMAGAZINES.ORG – May 30, 2007 – By Jean Bartlett
BAY AREA ARTISTS SING OUT (BAASO). Back from a recent trip to her native Brazil, musician/composer Celia Malheiros asks: “Where Is My Country?” Musician/composer Celia Malheiros was born in Rio de Janeiro. She lives now in Pacifica, California. Having recently returned from a three month trip to her native country, Malheiros returned thoughtful and angry. She asks: “Where is my country?” Read more at jeansmagazines.org.

MUSICA BRASILEIRA.ORG – 2006 – By Egídio Leitão
Once again, Celia Malheiros shows a quality release with very good arrangements and performances. So, needless to say that when I heard about Celia’s latest release, Cenário Brasileiro, I was very curious and eager to listen to it. Little did I know how much she has grown as a performer, composer and singer. Read more at musicabrasileira.org.

Sempre Crescendo – Reviews

THE ARTS – SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE – March 26, 2004
Bit of Brazil comes to Pacifica, Redwood City – By Jeff Kaliss
For Rio native Celia Malheiros, music is no one-note samba but a deep-rooted family affair
When Celia Malheiros drives south along Highway 1 to her Pacifica home, the ocean reminds her of the comfortable beachfront neighborhood of Barra da Tijuca in her native Rio de Janeiro. “When you’re homesick,” the singer/songwriter says, “you have to do that.” READ MORE

BLAME IT ON RIO – SAN FRANCISCO EXAMINER – February 13, 2003
Oppression at home fueled Malheiros – By Andrew Gilbert
Marked by both breathtaking improvisation and sumptuously produced arrangements, the album was recorded over six months in Rio, and features a cast of more than 50 musicians, including the legendary Brazilian composer and multi-intrumentalist Hermeto Pascoal. READ MORE

SEMPRE CRESCENDO – ALL ABOUT JAZZ – 2002 – By Jerry D’Souza
The words Sempre Crescendo mean Ever Growing and they seem apt for Celia Malheiros. The Brazilian singer has been active in the Bay Area and her first album should help strengthen her credentials as a singer and composer. Read more at allaboutjazz.com.

SEMPRE CRESCENDO – LATIN BEAT – April, 2002
The musical portrait Celia Malheiros paints of herself on this debut album is a multi-colored collage of earthy beats and contemporary splashes of Brazilian jazz. READ MORE

Daniella Thompson on Brazil – THE MAGAZINE OF BRAZILIAN MUSIC & CULTURE – May 9, 2002
Celia Malheiros evokes the spirits of tradition in a thoroughly modern creation – By Daniella Thompson
Multi-instrumentalist, composer, and singer, Celia Malheiros, has been calling the San Francisco Bay Area home for twenty years. Nonetheless, her spiritual home continues to be Brazil, whose rhythms and nuances fill her debut disc, Sempre Crescendo. READ MORE

MUSICA BRASILEIRA.ORG 2001 – By Egídio Leitão
Sempre Crescendo never ceases to surprise listeners at each note and track. Celia Malheiros’ music is both soothing and vivacious, and above all, eclectic and creative. Read more at musicabrasileira.org.

HANDS ON – MODERN DRUMMER MAGAZINE – April 2004 – By Robin Tolleson
Celia Malheiros’ Sempre Crescendo is sensual Brazilian Music that moves the percussion from a supportive role right up to the front as the heartbeat. The San Francisco-based Malheiros displays her considerable composing and instrumental talents alongside some of Rio’s best musicians, including drummers Wison das Neves, Marcio Bahia, percussionists Marcos Suzano and Celsinho Silva, and the revered keyboardist Hermeto Pascoal.

BRAZIL BEAT – THE BEAT MAGAZINE – VOL 21 # 2, 2002 – By Mara Weiss and Nego Beto
After many years in the scene, San Francisco based singer and multi-instrumentalist Celia Malheiros releases her debut CD, a complex palette of jazz textures, MPB harmonies and Afro-Brazilian rhythms. Shades of Hermeto Pascoal dominate many songs on Sempre Crescendo (independent), and the mestre did compose one song for the album – on spot, in the studio with Malheiros. The whole thing was recorded down in Rio with top musicians, producing a polished sound with many unexpected twists and turns. Celia is a familiar face around northern California Brazilian and Jazz events and was the director of SF Carnaval Ball for many years; her multimedia project “Amazons” was very well received a few years back.

LONGE E PERTO – O GLOBO – 3 de Setembro de 2002
Há 20 anos nos EUA, a cantora e compositora Celia Malheiros mostra em “Sempre Crescendo” (independente) que continua ligada aos sons do Brasil. Hermeto Pascoal da seu aval em “Sempre Crescendo com o Mestre” e “Fremeto.” (A.C.M.)

AFINADA – JORNAL DO BRAZIL – 29 de agosto de 2002
Curiosidade é a palavra que acompanha Celia Malheiros – Heloisa Tolipan
Há 20 anos ela arrumou as malas e partiu para os EUA com uma meta:estudar música
Duas decadas depois, a cantora, que foi engenheira de som na produtora de Francis Ford
Copolla, aporta novamente em solo carioca para apresentar o primeiro CD da carreira,
Sempre Crescendo. Lançado em Março,o album está na lista dos mais vendidos da categoria World Music da Tower Records. Celia sobe hoje ao palco do Mistura Fina.

SEMPRE CRESCENDO – JORNAL DO BRAZIL – 10 de Setembro de 2002
Há 20 anos nos EUA, a cantora, violonista e compositora Celia Malheiros esbanja musicalidade e raiz brasileira nesse Sempre Crescendo. Com alguns dos melhores musicos da MPB – Wilson das Neves, Jorge Helder, Marcos Suzano – e as Bençãos de Hermeto Pascoal que toca piano em Sempre Crescendo com o Mestre, Celia enverga sambas de sabor africano, bossas, frevos (Fremeto) com bastante perícia e muito requinte instrumental. (S.E)

Celia Malheiros faz show no Rio após 22 anos de EUA – BIS – 29 de Agosto de 2002
Mesmo morando há 22 anos nos Estados Unidos, a cantora, compositora e multi-instrumentista Celia Malheiros nunca se desligou da música brasileira.
“Desde que fui para lá, minha intenção era a de aprimorar algumas técnicas e dar continuidade ao meu trabalho de composição”, explica. READ MORE

Article written by Celia Malheiros

BOM DIA BRAZIL
Feel for yourself the experience Bom Dia Brazil
written by Celia Malheiros
Brazilian composer, singer, multi-instrumentalist
Read more at discoverysound.com.