Bossa nova emerged from Rio de Janeiro in Brazil in the late 1950s and early '60s. After the 1964 coup d'état, as a military regime took control of Brazil, the positive energy of the bossa nova era ...

Beloved bossa nova producer, composer, pianist and song interpreter Sérgio Mendes has died at 83. The legendary Brazilian superstar whose career spanned more than three dozen albums released across ...

LOS ANGELES — Sérgio Mendes, the Brazilian bossa nova impresario and pianist who helped popularize the genre in the ‘60s and toured with Herb Alpert and Frank Sinatra, has died. The recording artist ...

Olivier Libaux’s new music is nothing if not timely. Following up on Josh Homme and co.’s new …Like Clockwork, the erstwhile Nouvelle Vague mastermind’s solo effort, Uncovered Queens of the Stone Age ...

DUMAGUETE CITY – Sitti Navarro is one of the many professional singers who joined the 4th Elements National Singing Songwriting Camp. Some may find this unusual, as the music camp usually attracts ...

Luciana Souza's new album features pop standards set to a Brazilian bossa nova beat. The Brazilian-born singer has an intimate familiarity with bossa nova. But since her last album — in 2005 — she has ...

Brazilian singer and composer Luciana Souza never seems to have known a day without music. She's the daughter of musicians, and Brazil's homegrown music — bossa nova — provided the soundtrack to her ...

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