A look into the early life of João Gilberto, singer and songwriter who released the first mainstream bossa nova hit with his wife, Astrud.

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A name that’s synonymous with boss nova, Sérgio Mendes was one of the first Brazilian exports to bring the genre into ...

The singer and composer was known best as a pioneer of the bossa nova genre, which found international popularity in the 1960s. Reports say Gilberto died at home in Rio de Janeiro after a period ...

During the late 1960s, Sérgio Mendes was the biggest-selling Brazilian artist in the world Brazilian musician Sérgio Mendes, who helped popularise bossa nova and samba with Western audiences ...

Catalan jazz prodigy Rita Payés blends tradition and innovation, weaving bossa nova and folk into a sound that cements her ...