Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. 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 ...

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 ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Birdbrains they may be. But don't underestimate the humble chook when it comes to having an ear for music. Dem birds have rhythm. They ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...