In March, the Brazilian style of music known as bossa nova made an unexpected appearance on one of the year’s biggest hip-hop albums: Juice WRLD‘s Death Race for Love. Thank Tommy Brown. During a ...

Lyra was at the genre’s 1950s birth in Rio beachside jams, bringing sensuality to Brazil’s serious music scene. He explains how he shaped bossa’s stunning melodies – and gave it a social conscience In ...

To virtually all Americans, the words "bossa nova" are synonymous with Brazilian jazz. More specifically, they immediately trigger memories of bossa nova's greatest American hit, "The Girl From ...

Carmen Cuesta's new album is titled Mi Bossa Nova. In 1964, "The Girl From Ipanema" put bossa nova on the charts in the U.S. The song was composed by the godfather of the bossa nova, Antonio Carlos ...

The summer of 1958 was the season of bossa nova. Fifty years ago, a movement of melody, harmony, lyrics, and rhythm sent a fresh wave of sound throughout Brazil. In the years to follow, a small group ...

The Latin pop crossover star scored a series of international hits during a six-plus decade career, including "Mas Que Nada" and swinging covers of songs by the Beatles. By Gil Kaufman Beloved bossa ...

There are a lot of alternative music genres out there that are waiting to be explored. One of my favorites is bossa nova, a type of Brazilian samba and jazz mix. You can hear its roots in percussion ...

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 ...

NPR: What do you hear as the links between bossa nova from Brazil and the West Coast cool jazz of Chet Baker? I think there are very obvious connections. Both records are records of covers. I'm just ...

While the name Sitti is now synonymous with bossa nova music, the genre wasn’t initially in the cards. The original plan was for her to be part of a local version of the British pop group S Club 7, ...

In 1964, "The Girl From Ipanema" put bossa nova on the charts in the U.S. The song was composed by the godfather of the bossa nova, Antonio Carlos Jobim, and features the languid, lush, lovely ...