Doug Munro's sixth CD for Chase Music Group is a return to a traditional bossa nova trio, dropping the keyboards or sax utilized on most of his earlier projects. He is joined by bassist Michael Goetz, ...

Nobody is sure just what it is, or even what its name implies: according to various experts, the Portuguese slang expression bossa nova can mean “the latest thing” or “the new beat” or “the new ...

Where: Martin Woldson Theater at the Fox, 1001 W. Sprague Ave. Cost: $28-$62; tickets are available through all TicketsWest outlets at www.ticketswest.com, or through the Fox box office at (509) ...

To some, a young girl from Montana who sings traditional bossa nova tunes in the original Portuguese might seem like an extraordinary occurrence. For the girl in question, Julie Yates, it just ...

WEST BRATTLEBORO -- Local singer-songwriter Jesse Lepkoff hosts an afternoon of warm Brazilian bossa nova-style originals with a concert of his original songs, performed by himself and the acoustic ...

Traditional Bossa Nova standards like “The Girl from Ipanema” receive fresh interpretations, while American favorites such as “Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries” and Barry Manilow's “Copacabana” are ...

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 ...

Embratur, the Brazilian Tourist Office has today unveiled plans for a free festival celebrating the 50th anniversary of Bossa Nova at London’s South Bank on 6th July 2008, part of the Coin Street ...

In 1967, singer/composers Gilberto Gil and Caetano Veloso introduce a new sound in Brazilian music, inspired as much by Jimi Hendrix and Chuck Berry as by mellow bossa nova. Along with rock musicians ...

Gilberto Gil, Brazil’s popular Grammy-winning pop star, accepted an offer from President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva to become the country’s next culture minister. Gil, 60, was one of the creators ...