Globe Bopper

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Let’s just get this out of the way first. Manuela has lived more places than you. She’s probably more cultured than you. And chances are, she can sing better, too. Born to Kenyan and Swiss parents, the soulful chanteuse has lived on all over the western hemisphere, but currently resides in Canada. But as multicultural as her background is, Manuela’s music speaks the universal language of pop. Her limber voice has an almost jazz sensibility, lilting up and down scales on the percussive piano bop of Circling Numbers or the decisive punch of keys and spinning chorus of Golden. On More Than A Friend the chanteuse shifts into a simple melody made out of a shimmering organ and acoustic guitar. Multicultured and multitalented. Some girls got it all.