When you think of Brazil, you may think of it as the South American birthplace of music genres like the samba or bossa nova. But for the past few years, Brazil has become one of the meccas of ...

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RIO DE JANEIRO – Joao Gilberto, a Brazilian singer, guitarist and songwriter considered one of the fathers of the bossa nova genre that gained global popularity in the 1960s and became an iconic sound ...

Audio will be available later today. The sounds of Brazil kick off the second week of Performance Today's popular ongoing series From the Village to the Concert Hall, an exploration of the connections ...

Known as Beco das Garrafas, or “Bottles Alley,” the site earned its name because residents of the surrounding apartment buildings would hurl bottles into the alley in protest when the music became too ...

Before bossa nova and samba, Brazilian music was choro. Born in 19th-century Rio de Janeiro, choro started when polkas and waltzes mixed with Afro-Brazilian rhythms. Beginning in the early part of ...

The two time Grammy winner died on Thursday, Sept. 5, in a Los Angeles hospital Chrissy Hampton/Getty Sérgio Mendes, the Brazilian-born musician who brought bossa nova music to a global audience in ...

The Brazilian musician who made bossa nova popular around the world dies peacefully, surrounded by his wife and children BRAZIL, South America – Brazilian musician Sergio Mendes, who brought bossa ...

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 ...

Plenty Cafe is all about European cafe culture — the sort of all-day hangout spot that can take you from morning coffee to after-dinner drinks. But on Friday, January 26th, owner Anthony Mascieri is ...

Reporting from Rio De Janeiro — João Gilberto, a Brazilian singer, guitarist and songwriter considered one of the fathers of the bossa nova genre that gained global popularity in the 1960s and became ...