which established a soon-to-be-familiar pattern of mixing bossa nova covers and originals with takes on popular English-language songs, including the Beatles' "With a Little Help From My Friends ...

She was married then to Brazilian singer-songwriter Joao Gilberto, a legendary figure in bossa nova ... Let's look back at some of her best songs, in no particular order, but we have to start ...

It went viral, soaring to the top of the charts around ... It’s true that other Eilish songs have made more of a cultural impact, but Billie Bossa Nova, from Happier Ever After, is a fan ...

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 ...

Written by Johnny Mandel and Paul Francis Webster, with strong bossa nova influences, the song’s arrangement ripples ... a central player in jazz, but the best guitarists have taken up the ...

The band’s 1967 album “Look Around” set the popular formula of blending original work with bossa nova covers of English-language songs, including the Beatles’ “With a Little Help From My ...

A full-time musician with multiple commitments, including the popular “Martha Bassett ... The goal was to learn one bossa nova song in Portuguese. Instead, she learned more than a dozen with ...

When it comes to big names who brought Brazilian music including bossa nova to the United States ... let's listen to his 10 best songs with plenty of amazing covers.