Gilberto, who was a singer and composer, is considered one of the fathers of the Bossa Nova genre. The Portuguese word saudade [pronounced sau-DAH-jee in Brazilian Portuguese] has no translation in ...

Jazz will be in the air in March. Acclaimed American jazz group Brad Mehldau Trio and Brazilian jazz singer Eliane Elias will bring their unique style of music to Korea next month. The Brad Mehldau ...

The marriage of bossa nova—as joyous and life-affirming as music gets—to the catchy, unabashedly cheerful songs of Disney films would seem a logical pairing. Disney Bossa Nova, a compilation featuring ...

No, we will not remember 2006 as the year when bossa nova returned with a vengeance and then died. The Latin beat shows every promise of staying around and competing with the rock bands and the ...

I think I know a fair amount about Brazilian music. I’ve been following the music for a long time, have visited Brazil like eight or nine times, and love the music, culture, and country. Brazil is ...

The British have always been famously resistant to music not sung in English - most recently when the Lambada craze all but passed this country by. But now Britain is one of the launch pads for a new ...

Rio de Janeiro is the city in Brazil that people all over the world know. They know the cathedrals and the samba clubs, the curved white strip of Copacabana beach, the spread-armed statue of Cristo ...

RIO DE JANEIRO – Veteran Bossa Nova composer Billy Blanco has died in Brazil at age 87. Hospital officials in Rio de Janeiro say he died Friday from complications of a stroke he suffered in October.

Embratur, the Brazilian Tourist Office has today unveiled plans for a free festival celebrating the 50th anniversary of Bossa Nova at London’s South Bank on 6th July 2008, part of the Coin Street ...

Jazz will be in the air in March. Acclaimed American jazz group Brad Mehldau Trio and Brazilian jazz singer Eliane Elias will bring their unique style of music to Korea next month. The Brad Mehldau ...