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 ...

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 ...

Bossa nova was developed in Brazil in the 1950s, combining jazz and samba and it typically features classical acoustic guitars with nylon strings. The highly-danceable music meets one of metal's most ...

According to its co-writer, Elvis Presley’s “Bossa Nova Baby” wasn’t an authentic example of a genre. The songwriter preferred a different version of “Bossa Nova Baby.” “Bossa Nova Baby” was a hit and ...

What’s unfortunate about Azealia Banks Twitter flare-ups — besides often being hateful — is how they overshadow her primary talent: Maximizing her eclectic tastes with her supreme songwriting ability.

Back in April, Willow turned heads with a pivot to pop-punk music. After teaming up with Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker, the singer ushered in a new era of electric guitar-heavy music written with ...

Brazilian-born singer Rayssa Ribeiro grew up to the sounds of the bossa nova. Having previously performed as part of a pop music band, Ribeiro returned to her roots when she met guitarist Tad Price.

Singer Bebel Gilberto's father wrote the book on bossa nova. In the '60s, Brazilian guitarist Joao Gilberto and his first wife, Astrud Gilberto, introduced the world to "The Girl From Ipanema"("Garota ...

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 ...

If there were to be a "Great Americas Songbook," surely the music of João Gilberto and Antonio Carlos Jobim would be at the top of the list. KPAC's James Baker listens back in this Momentos Musicales ...