Venezuela needs the same liberal formula: peace, justice, democracy and rights. It needs citizens’ brave desire for democracy ...

Bossa Nova rhythms, trap, rap and reggaeton all go into Bianca Costa's musical palette, and the results have got her tens of millions of streams. As the artist releases her first full-length album, ...

Each Sunday, Pitchfork takes an in-depth look at a significant album from the past, and any record not in our archives is eligible. Today, we revisit a touchstone of jazz and bossa nova, the ...

Dropping an alt-rock distortion bomb into the middle of a tasteful bossa nova tune is a great idea. It belongs to Katy & The Null Sets, the band led by Portland's Katy Ohsiek (also of foamboy), who ...

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 ...

With her retro blend of jazz-pop, the Icelandic artist seems an unlikely superstar. She discusses her surprising path to fame – and how much of her personal life she is willing to put into her music ...

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Oscar-winning director Fernando Trueba talks about how the disappearance of a talented young pianist compelled him to make this colourful, music-filled movie that features the voice of Jeff Goldblum.

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Think of Brazil and Rio de Janeiro will likely spring to mind: the golden-sand beaches, the mountainous backdrop, the gentle yearning of bossa nova or samba’s lively percussion echoing in the distance ...

The world is watching Brazil after the country won its first Oscar for “I’m Still Here”, a film set in Rio de Janeiro during the dictatorship in the 1970s. The film’s smooth soundtrack feeds into ...

Bossa Games, the developer of Surgeon Simulator, I am Bread, and I am Fish, is laying off an undisclosed number of employees as it moves to "scale back" its development efforts in order to focus on ...