Step 2: Being directly related to samba, bossa nova features the same lopsided low end rhythm, supplied by the surdo - the latin percussion equivalent to the bass drum. It’s simple: hits on beats 1 ...

There are a lot of alternative music genres out there that are waiting to be explored. One of my favorites is bossa nova, a type of Brazilian samba and jazz mix. You can hear its roots in percussion ...

Any bossa nova compilation would be complete without "The Girl from Ipanema." This is a very recent recording, by Gal Costa, who performed many times with Antonio Carlos Jobim in the Eighties.

Bossa nova, his legacy, is now considered a major turning point in Brazilian culture. “It changed everything, for every young musician in Brazil,” Castro-Neves once said, according to Randall ...

Bossa nova, which enjoyed international popularity in the 1960s, has appeared in songs by Juice WRLD, Cuco, Kota the Friend and Hope Tala in the space of a few months ...