There are a lot of alternative music genres out there that are waiting to be explored. One of my favorites is bossa nova, a type of Brazilian samba and jazz mix. You can hear its roots in percussion ...

Blame it on the Beatles. That’s how Brazilian-born musician and composer Orlando Haddad, 61, explains his leap from Beethoven to rock. “I studied classical piano from the age of eight,” says Haddad, a ...

ON THE BEAT: Just in time for the warm-weather months, Marti Jones has gone bossa-nova on her first solo album in nine years. The cleverly titled “You’re Not the Bossa Me” won’t be jarring to longtime ...

3 Photos: 1st Look at DUST OF EGYPT, New Play at NYC's Sheen Center TAP&TOM is a tap dancing and singing performance highlighting the bossa nova beat invented by Antônio Carlos "Tom" Jobim. This ...

The Beatles in Bossa Nova is the brainchild of Patricia King and Orlando Haddad, conceived during a road trip chasing the solar eclipse in 2017. “We just started talking about it,” said Haddad who, ...

Lucas Santtana is a Brazilian artist who has been hiding in plain view for years. I came across a record by Santtana back in 1999, EletroBenDada, which updated the experimental and political pop music ...

Bossa Nova legend João Gilberto died at his home in Rio de Janeiro on July 6 at the age of 88. Together with composer Antônio Carlos Jobim, Gilberto pioneered a “new wave” in Brazilian popular music ...

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 ...

Bossa Nova is music to C-House's ears. That's why the downtown restaurant is putting the Brazilian experience into their new brunch menu. C-House Restaurant, located in the Affinia Chicago Hotel (166 ...