Five decades ago the first recording featuring the bossa nova beat created by guitarist João Gilberto was released in Brazil. The record wasn’t by an artist who’s now commonly associated with the ...

In August of 1988, Brazilian bossa nova legend Milton Nascimento headlined a concert produced by an unknown organization dedicated to bringing world music to South Florida. This October at the Arscht ...

Where Mandarin Songwriting Meets Bossa Nova by May Yu on All About Jazz. Discover in-depth jazz Interview coverage, artist ...

At this point, it is impossible to shock people, or get them to focus on anything by virtue of it being louder. Quiet is the new loud. Is Luciana Souza on the verge of reinventing bossa nova? A ...

Sitti Navarro (professionally known as Sitti) is a Filipino bossa nova singer who gained prominence in the mid-2000s. She is often recognized as the “Bossa Nova Queen” of the Philippines for bringing ...

Bossa nova, like the Great American Songbook, defined an era while simultaneously providing a style and repertoire for future development. Although many compositions by Antonio Carlos Jobim, Joao ...

I was living with my father in Malaysia when he took me to his film club to see Black Orpheus. The 1959 award-winning film, made by French director Marcel Camus, tells the tragic story of an ...

Bossa Nova rhythms, trap, rap and reggaeton all go into Bianca Costa's musical palette, and the results have got her tens of millions of streams. As the artist releases her first full-length album, ...