One afternoon in July 1958, Brazilian guitarist and singer João Gilberto entered a studio and quickly recorded “Chega de Saudade,” an early composition by Vinicius de Moraes and Antonio Carlos Jobim.

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 ...

OGDEN — The warmth of Brazil comes to chilly Ogden next week. February’s offering in the Excellence in the Community free concert series will be Evening in Brazil, a Utah band that performs bossa nova ...

Minas — the husband/wife duo of Orlando and Patricia Haddad — will present “Bossa Nova Classics and Originals.” 2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 20, at Bridgeton Library, 150 E. Commerce St., in Bridgeton. The ...

Audio and visual extravaganza kicks off today with official animated video for bossa nova classic 'The Girl From Ipanema' and unique visualizers for some of the most important songs of the canon.

Milton Nascimento & the Jobim Trio With special guest Edmar Castaneda. Where: New Jersey Performing Arts Center, 1 Center St., Newark. When: 5 p.m. Sunday. How much: $60-$18 Call (888) 466-5722 or ...

João Gilberto, the Brazilian singer and composer best known as a pioneer of the bossa nova style of music, died Saturday in Rio de Janerio. He was 88. Numerous media outlets reported Gilberto’s death, ...

Classic Brazilian bossa nova music has a familiar, slow, graceful pulse. NPR's Felix Contreras of Alt.Latino plays some songs for NPR's Rachel Martin. MARTIN: NPR's Felix Contreras is here to tell us ...

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 ...

Fusing post-punk’s brooding atmospherics with the lilting sway of bossa nova doesn’t sound like it should work, conceptually. The sounds of Joy Division, the Cure and other bands of the era seem too ...