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 ...

Silky-voiced French singer Henri Salvador, who is credited with inspiring the bossa nova as well as bringing rock 'n' roll to France, has died at the age of 90. French singer Henri Salvador, seen here ...

Ryuichi Sakamoto's career has taken some surprising turns, but none as remarkable as his latest musical project. He talks to Peter Culshaw Ryuichi Sakamoto: bossa nova, he says, has a sense of ...

Cafe Bossa Nova has been around for eight years in Little Rock's bohemian Hillcrest neighborhood, where, despite its being one of the area's most underappreciated restaurants, it continues to do well.

Bossa nova was developed in Brazil in the 1950s, combining jazz and samba and it typically features classical acoustic guitars with nylon strings. The highly-danceable music meets one of metal's most ...

Cafe Bossa Nova is known across Little Rock for cheese bread and authentic Brazilian food curated by its owner, Rosalia Monroe (who also operates the eponymous bakery/coffee shop/grab-and-go next door ...

I really like certain types of jazz and classical music, although I don't know a whole lot about jazz, and even less about classical. With classical, I know what I like when I hear it, but I cannot ...

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 ...

Bossa Nova cheese bread, one of the restaurant's biggest hits. Bookends cafe in the Central Arkansas Library System’s Cox Creative Center is collaborating with Brazilian Cafe Bossa Nova restaurant to ...