Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Relatives and friends carry the coffin of Brazilian cultural icon Joao Gilberto out of the Municipal Theater where his wake was ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazilians said goodbye to legendary musician João Gilberto, a founder of bossa nova, ahead of his funeral on Monday afternoon, with an outpouring of grief from some of the ...

SAO PAULO — Since the start of her career, New York-born Brazilian singer Bebel Gilberto has put out albums rooted in the South American nation's rich musical history. And in the sound of her family, ...

In the early spring of 2008, I planned to see João Gilberto in Boston. That is until he cancelled at the last minute. Gilberto had a reputation for such things throughout his career. Some I've ...

Here’s the thing with Brazilian bossa nova standards: They were pretty much written with the idea in mind that other artists should be encouraged to put their own spin on them. Take the ubiquitous ...

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 ...

SAO PAULO (AP) — Since the start of her career, New York-born Brazilian singer Bebel Gilberto has put out albums rooted in the South American nation’s rich musical history. And in the sound of her ...