But Brazil ’s musical culture extends far beyond one genre. Samba, tropicália, axé, forró, electronic music, and more make ...
The Rio Tourism Board inaugurated a statue in honor of Tom Jobim at Ipanema Beach. The Rio Tourism Board inaugurated a statue in honor of Tom Jobim at Ipanema Beach. The City Hall paid a tribute, on ...
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The song that is widely held to be the second most-covered song of all time — after the Beatles’ “Yesterday” — is “The Girl From Ipanema,” aka “Garota de Ipanema,” whose ubiquitousness was so taken ...
Astrud Gilberto, the iconic Brazilian singer-songwriter who brought bossa nova to global audiences with the 1964 hit “The Girl From Ipanema,” has died. She was 83. Musician Paul Ricci, a family friend ...
BRASILIA, June 6 (Reuters) - Brazilian singer Astrud Gilberto, the voice of Bossa Nova whose soft and dreamy version of "The Girl from Ipanema" was an international success in the 1960s, has died at ...