This weekend, Chennai is set to soak in the smooth sounds of bossa nova, the Brazilian music genre that blends the rhythms of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Astrud Gilberto backstage at New York City's Birdland Jazz Club in 1964. Popsie Randolph/Michael Ochs Archives via Getty Images ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sergio Mendes, the innovative and influential pianist, composer and arranger who was one of Brazil’s earliest contemporary ...

“Holy grail” level vinyl rarities from influential Brazilian musicians celebrated in excellent, unexpected reissues. Once in a great while the stars align in the world of record collecting and very ...

He was the Brazilian music legend who brought bossa nova to a global audience in a career that lasted more than 60 years. In the past few days, tributes have been flooding in for legendary Brazilian ...

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 ...

RIO DE JANEIRO — Sergio Mendes, the Brazilian Grammy-winning musician whose hit “Mas Que Nada” made him a global legend, has died after months of battling the effects of long Covid. He was 83.

Sergio Mendes, the Brazilian Grammy-winning musician whose hit "Mas Que Nada" made him a global legend, died after months of battling the effects of long COVID, his publicist Karen Vock confirmed to ...