Beloved bossa nova producer, composer, pianist and song interpreter Sérgio Mendes has died at 83. The legendary Brazilian superstar whose career spanned more than three dozen albums released across ...

Dreamer; Meditation; Corcovado; Wave; No More Blues. After listening to Bossa Nova as a young girl, Gemma developed such a true love for the genre. One of the first songs she ever learnt was Dindi.

Ever since the 1950's when Brazilian composer Antonio Carlos Jobim, helped along by the seminal Stan Getz, Joao and Astrud Gilberto 1963 recording, Bossa Nova has been woven into the warp and woof of ...

Bebel Gilberto is walking her dog – a Shih Tzu who looks like it got a bowl cut – around New York City’s West Village, and smoking a joint. Despite her pedigree (her father is multiple Grammy-winning, ...

Tyler The Creator has been one of the most successful and esteemed rappers in the world for about a decade now, and during that time, he has tried his hand at a variety of genres. For example, it’s ...

Bebel Gilberto was just 20 when she released her first recording under own name in 1986. But the then-budding Brazilian vocal star was already an experienced musician by that point. She made her ...

In March, the Brazilian style of music known as bossa nova made an unexpected appearance on one of the year’s biggest hip-hop albums: Juice WRLD‘s Death Race for Love. Thank Tommy Brown. During a ...

In August, all eyes with be on Rio and Brazil as it hosts the 2016 Summer Olympics. Before we visit our next Olympic showcase, though, let’s travel back in time to Brasil ‘66. For the “in crowd”, ...

As temperatures heat up and summer kicks into high gear, UMe and Verve invite you to kick back, relax and enjoy Summer Samba!, an audio and visual feast for the senses celebrating the timeless and ...

Astrud Gilberto, the Brazilian singer, songwriter and entertainer whose off-hand, English-language cameo on "The Girl from Ipanema" made her a worldwide voice of bossa nova, has died at age ...

This Friday (11/19), Connecticut indie rockers Ovlov will return with their new album Buds. It’s their first in three years, and the band’s stature has only risen in the time since their last LP.

NEW YORK — Astrud Gilberto, the Brazilian singer, songwriter and entertainer whose off-hand, English-language cameo on “The Girl from Ipanema” made her a worldwide voice of bossa nova, has died at age ...