"The new album by Brazilian-American guitarist Ian Faquini and Brazilian vocalist Paula Santoro is a nice acoustic-vocal pairing that inhabits much the same territory as Ella Fitzgerald's recordings with Joe Pass. On some cuts, Vitor Gonçalves' accordion lends a smokey café ambience to the music ... Throughout the nine tracks here, the focus remains on Santoro's gorgeous singing and Faquini's tasteful guitar. The songs are all composed by Faquini, and according to the release notes draw on a variety of Brazilian traditions from the northeastern coast (...): Maracatu, Frevo, Baião, Xote, and Toada. It's close enough to Brazilian jazz and bossa nova, though, to be accessible from the opening track, "Sereia" - an up-tempo song that manages to be sunny and yet restrained".