Bossa nova band Nossas Novas instills the different cultural backgrounds of each member in their music. "All of us come together to make sure we honor traditional style, but add our own modern spin to ...

In a quaint bungalow humming with Portuguese, a cool breeze of lilting harmonies and rhythmic bounce invites a leisurely sway to the tranquility of bossa nova. It’s a modern take on a sound pioneered ...

Most people thought bossa nova was dead, and most were glad to have simply survived the hucksterized flood of bossa nova dances, bossa nova shoes and sweatshirts, boogie bossa nova, soul bossa nova.

There is so much music to catch up on as Austinites defrost from the flash freeze earlier this week. What’s better than thawing to some tunes after fleeing from the bitter cold? Lucky for us, this ...

Brazilian music has produced world-famous artists in a multitude of genres, from metal and funk to bossa nova and classical music. Here are five Brazilian artists you really need to know (and listen ...

Brazilian singer-guitarist-actor Seu Jorge has a special connection to Houston, and he referenced it in his transporting performance celebrating famed bossa nova musician Antônio Carlos Jobim, ...

Sérgio Mendes, the Brazilian musician renowned for bringing bossa nova music to a global audience starting in the ’60s, has died. He was 83. The news was announced in a statement by his family, who ...

She is the closest thing jazz has to a pop star, so there’s surely temptation to attempt a crossover, a big leap, a Shania-esque out-of-genre plunge into the mainstream. But despite the Lilith Fair ...

Sérgio Mendes, the Brazilian-born musician who brought bossa nova music to a global audience in the 1960s, died on Thursday, Sept. 5, in a Los Angeles hospital. He was 83. The renowned musician’s ...