FILE - Brazilian composer and pianist Joao Donato accepts the best latin jazz album award at the 11th Annual Latin Grammy Awards, Nov. 11, 2010, in Las Vegas. Donato, who helped lay the groundwork for ...

It wasn’t easy being the only girl. In the late 1960s, when Brazilian pop music seized the international spotlight with a dazzling array of artists who wrote and performed their own material, Joyce ...

On the 50th anniversary of the Bossa Nova, Jon Lusk charts its rise, from Rio's beaches to a cultural force that shaped politics and fashion If there's one style of music that people everywhere ...

Drummer Tom Cohen’s lifelong love affair with bossa nova music culminates with the October 10 release of Embraceable Brazil on Versa Records. More than a decade in the making, Cohen’s sixth album ...

Fifty years ago, a cadre of musicians and poets in Brazil launched one of the quietest revolutions ever heard: the whispered sounds of bossa nova. Over the weekend, the heirs of Brazil’s pre-eminent ...

He was 88 years old. LONDON -- Joao Gilberto, one of the pioneers of Bossa Nova, the Brazilian musical genre characterized by a subtle mix of Samba and Jazz, died in Rio de Janeiro on Saturday, ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazilian composer and ...

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A man was fatally shot and another injured in a stabbing at a downtown apartment complex on Saturday, according to San Antonio police. Read full article: Man fatally shot, another injured in stabbing ...

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA - MARCH 29: Walter Clayton Jr. #1 of the Florida Gators drives the ball against Darrion Williams #5 of the Texas Tech Red Raiders during the second half in the West Regional ...