LOS ANGELES — Sérgio Mendes, the Brazilian bossa nova impresario and pianist who helped popularize the genre in the ‘60s and toured with Herb Alpert and Frank Sinatra, has died. The recording artist ...

Nothing says Metallica quite like 'Enter Sandman' at a wedding reception, especially when the metal classic takes on a smooth bossa nova sound. Guitarist Marcel Yammouni's filmed his wedding band ...

A French bossa nova band covering ’80s Brit New Wave hits, Nouvelle Vague has a sound that touches on something cinematic. Picture Jason Schwartzman entering stage left to the band’s woozy version of ...

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 ...

How are you batting back those spikes of anxiety? I’m hitting play on Quincy Jones’s “Big Band Bossa Nova” album from 1962, a product of mid-century America’s fascination with Brazilian music. Jones’s ...

Bossa nova was jazz's final moment in the hit parade sunshine before The Beatles swept across the world in the mid-1960s and changed everything. A blend of chilled- out Brazilian samba and cool jazz ...

To virtually all Americans, the words "bossa nova" are synonymous with Brazilian jazz. More specifically, they immediately trigger memories of bossa nova's greatest American hit, "The Girl From ...

FRENCH bossa nova band Nouvelle Vague are set to play at a historic mill as part of their 21st anniversary tour. Nouvelle Vague are the iconic cover band behind hits like In A Manner of Speaking, Ever ...