Marisa Monte's luscious, tender music is as breathtaking as Brazil's beaches. She strums her ukulele in a breezy bossa nova, then tugs on your heartstrings with her supple croon. Starting in the late '80s, the MPB doyenne has experimented with foreign fusions (“De Noite Na Cama”), dabbled in jazz-tinged reggae (“O Xote Das Meninas/Severina Xique Xique”), and deployed silken Spanish guitars (“Ainda Bem”). While her musical training came from classical opera, her Brazilian sun shines through.