Marcos Kostenbader Valle (born in Rio de Janeiro) is a Brazilian singer, instrumentalist, songwriter and record producer. He has produced works in many musical styles, including bossa nova, samba, and ...

It’s bossa nova and samba, but so much more — funky, soulful and esoteric. Listen to these songs chosen by Joyce Moreno, Marcos Valle, Amaro Freitas and more lovers of Brazilian rhythms. Credit ...

Nothing captures the sound, the mood or the languor of summer quite like the bossa nova. Invented along the beaches of Rio de Janeiro in the 1950s, the quietly swaying Brazilian music became a ...

Bud Shank and Clare Fischer. Bossa Nova Jazz Samba (Pacific Jazz T-90059). 33-1/3 rpm.

When Gene de Souza began hosting Café Brasil on community radio station WDNA-FM (88.9), the thrill was much the same as the one he got from playing the beloved music of his home country for American ...

Johnny Alf, an influential Brazilian songwriter, pianist and singer whose delicately swinging music was a precursor to the bossa nova, died on March 4 in Santo André, Brazil, just outside São Paulo.

As a teen in Sao Paolo in the late 1980s and early 1990s, when most of her peers were enjoying the hits of the day, Juliana Areias was drawn to the bossa nova – a style that was already about 30 years ...

Que Bossa will perform bossa nova and samba standards like “The Girl From Ipanema” as well as modern “bossafied” songs like Cake’s “Never There” at Picnic in the Park on Wednesday, Sept. 13. Que Bossa ...

Born in São Paulo, Brazil, in the late 1960s, Luciana Souza grew up in a family of bossa nova innovators, maturing into an artist with strong roots in jazz, and a sophisticated lineage in world music.

With its dreamy lyrics and gentle sound, Brazilian bossa nova took over the world in the 1960s. After a spell in the wilderness of supermarkets and lifts, it's time to rediscover its beauty, writes ...