Dóris Monteiro (born in Rio de Janeiro) was a highly respected Brazilian singer who gained fame in the mid-20th century. She became known for her unique voice, powerful stage presence, and ability to ...

Dóris Monteiro was a Brazilian radio and recording vocalist and actress who became a national star before the bossa nova emerged on LPs in 1957. Once the pop craze took hold, Monteiro switched to the ...

Nothing captures the sound, the mood or the languor of summer quite like the bossa nova. Invented along the beaches of Rio de Janeiro in the 1950s, the quietly swaying Brazilian music became a ...

Nobody is sure just what it is, or even what its name implies: according to various experts, the Portuguese slang expression bossa nova can mean “the latest thing” or “the new beat” or “the new ...

Before American pop music openly took cues from the rest of the world, bossa nova changed how the country thought about international music. The reflective genre flipped the jazz world on its head, ...