When Gene de Souza began hosting Café Brasil on community radio station WDNA-FM (88.9), the thrill was much the same as the one he got from playing the beloved music of his home country for American ...

Sitti continues soaring greater heights in her music career via her debut album, Café Bossa, that has already reached the platinum status. Café Bossa, which received wide reception from the young and ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...