Lyra was at the genre’s 1950s birth in Rio beachside jams, bringing sensuality to Brazil’s serious music scene. He explains how he shaped bossa’s stunning melodies – and gave it a social conscience In ...

Broadway veteran Manny Moreira brings Brits & Bossa to the Kravis Center's Rinker Playhouse, blending Beatles classics and ...

Yet to its credit BBC Four, given a substantial hour-long space for documentary exploration, desists from making things quite that simple. The Girl from Ipanema: Brazil, Bossa Nova and the Beach, ...

Brazilian singer and composer Luciana Souza never seems to have known a day without music. She's the daughter of musicians, and Brazil's homegrown music — bossa nova — provided the soundtrack to her ...

In this one-off documentary Katie Derham travels to Rio De Janeiro (where her father was born) to explore the story behind Brazil's most famous and enduring song. Written in 1962 by Antonio Carlos ...