Think you don't do bossa nova? You may well not realise it. The bossa nova rhythm - a "cool sensibility" arising from a hybrid of Brazilian samba and American jazz - was invented on Rio's south side ...

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Five decades ago the first recording featuring the bossa nova beat created by guitarist João Gilberto was released in Brazil. The record wasn’t by an artist who’s now commonly associated with the ...

At this point, it is impossible to shock people, or get them to focus on anything by virtue of it being louder. Quiet is the new loud. Is Luciana Souza on the verge of reinventing bossa nova? A ...

Nobody is sure just what it is, or even what its name implies: according to various experts, the Portuguese slang expression bossa nova can mean “the latest thing” or “the new beat” or “the new ...