Not to sound like a broken record, but I'll say it again: the variety of creative expression in what is inadequately labeled ...
One of America's first champions of Brazilian bossa nova was Felix Grant. A jazz disc jockey in Washington D.C., Grant hosted The Album Sound on WMAL. His voice had a soft, sophisticated on-air sound ...
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 ...
I thought Sitti singing her bossa nova tunes was an oddity. I said it was a fad that couldn’t last. I was wrong. But then no one could have thought that an old form of Latin music could give the Pinoy ...
Bossa nova, like the Great American Songbook, defined an era while simultaneously providing a style and repertoire for future development. Although many compositions by Antonio Carlos Jobim, Joao ...
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 ...
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 ...
Revelers on the dance floor at Bossa, Halloween 2018. Bossa Nova Civic Club / YouTube On Wednesday night, the designated Instagram page for Bossa Nova Civic Club, a beloved Bushwick nightclub on ...
Relax River's elevator music is a classic by now! These jazzy vibes may be used anywhere, even out of the elevators: an ...