Best of Nashville
Music
Best Latin-Electro-Pop Album
Manik by Mia Calderon
We're not complaining, but for all of Nashville's musical diversity these days there are a few genres that we feel are lacking here at home. Specifically, we think this town could use more funky, futuristic, bossa nova-influenced pop of the brand that Mia Calderon concocts on her debut Manik. Bearing more of a resemblance to the far-out funk of transnationalist groove hunters like Quantic than to anything you're likely to find in the 615, Manik is a globe-trotting, time-jumping slice of sublimely hummable, hip-shakingly sweet sonic bliss. Imagine Astrud Gilberto and Sade making beats on the edge of a black hole and you've got the idea. SEAN L. MALONEY
