Brazilian bossa nova music became a worldwide sensation in the 1960s. Since then, it's become a virtual cliche for soft, sensual romanticism. These days, a new generation of Brazilian singers is ...

New music from Bruce Cockburn; Norah Jones' songwriter Jesse Harris; Dreamy Brazilian pop from Celso Fonseca; Violin virtuoso Andrew Bird; New bluegrass from Blue Highway; Post punk from New York's ...

There's something especially unique about the way a Brazilian strums an acoustic guitar. Perhaps their rhythms play from a memory, instinctive not thought, inherited through generations of moonlight ...

Fonseca is a charming, young Brazilian talent and this, his third international release, is chock full of sweet songs that showcase his breathy voice and stellar skills on the acoustic guitar. But ...

Anyone who thinks of bossa nova as a fading genre should listen to some of the fresh sounds emerging from Brazil. Much of the music industry today is focused on Brazilian popular music, with its ...

Ask Celso Fonseca about the immense contradiction between Brazil and its music, and the soft-spoken singer-songwriter replies with a melancholy chuckle. On the one hand, there’s the Brazil of films ...

New music from Bruce Cockburn; Norah Jones' songwriter Jesse Harris; Dreamy Brazilian pop from Celso Fonseca; Violin virtuoso Andrew Bird; New bluegrass from Blue Highway; Post punk from New York's ...

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Friends and musical partners since the '70s, guitarist Lee Ritenour and pianist Dave Grusin continue their collaboration on Brasil, thanks to Ritenour's Brazilian wife Carmen, who was influential in ...

This gifted Brazilian singer/guitarist takes us on a journey back in time as he draws inspiration from the sounds that came from Bahia in the early Seventies (Gilberto Gil, Caetano Veloso, and Novos ...