Get all the top news & discounts for Brazil & beyond. O musical é dividido em quatro partes: Na primeira são abordadas as histórias e curiosidades sobre o nome 'Bossa Nova'; na segunda a origem do ...

Jobim was a primary force behind the creation of the bossa nova style, and his songs have been performed by many singers and instrumentalists internationally since the early 1960s. After enchanting ...

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 ...

Brazilian singer Astrud Gilberto, famous for recording "The Girl from Ipanema" in her 20s and achieving international stardom in the music world, has passed away at the age of 83, as confirmed by ...

Chanteuse Bebel Gilberto couldn’t have been anything but what she is — a world-class performer, singer, and songwriter. Anything less would have been unfathomable, considering her heritage. Gilberto, ...

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 ...

Forget its low-key, supper club reputation, bossa nova was tied to a political revolution and driven by a sharp and very modern aesthetic. It was born in Rio in the late 1950s as a new music that ...