From a casual distance, the music of João Gilberto sounds like it might belong to that ancient realm known as "easy listening." Everything's calm, for starters. Even at fast tempos, Gilberto's voice ...

Brazilian Joao Gilberto, who helped create the bossa nova music genre 50 years ago, is to be the star performer at Madrid's inaugural Guitar Festival to be held in the Spanish capital May 15-June 21.

Bossa Nova legend João Gilberto died at his home in Rio de Janeiro on July 6 at the age of 88. Together with composer Antônio Carlos Jobim, Gilberto pioneered a “new wave” in Brazilian popular music ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. The British Invasion gets all the ink, but in 1964, as The Beatles were upending pop culture, a record by a jazz hit-maker and a ...

Joao Gilberto, a Brazilian singer, guitarist and songwriter considered one of the fathers of the bossa nova genre that gained global popularity in the 1960s and became an iconic sound of the South ...

João Gilberto has died. On Saturday it was announced that the Brazilian musician, who was sometimes referred to as "The Father of Bossa Nova," had passed away in Rio de Janeiro at 88 years old. His ...

Antonio Carlos MIguel remembers Joao Gilberto. By Antonio Carlos Miguel João Gilberto, the Brazilian artist who died on July 6 at the age of 88, spent his last decade of life more reclusive than ever.

João Gilberto, a Brazilian singer, guitarist and songwriter considered one of the fathers of the bossa nova genre that gained global popularity in the 1960s and became an iconic sound of the South ...

RIO DE JANEIRO — Joao Gilberto, a Brazilian singer, guitarist and songwriter considered one of the fathers of the bossa nova genre that gained global popularity in the 1960s and became an iconic sound ...

I’m a correspondent covering technology in Asia. Here are five things I’ve recently slowed down with. By Meaghan Tobin A prolific pianist, composer and arranger who began recording in the 1950s, he ...

Brazilian guitarist and singer Joao Gilberto helped to define the subtle, swaying and quietly sensuous style of music known as bossa nova, which became a worldwide craze in the 1960s. Gilberto, who ...