Tag: Bossa Nova
Brazilian singer Gal Costa has died
Brazil’s newly elected President Lula was devastated by the death of Gal Costa, her musical companion, on Wednesday Gilberto Gil and Caetano Veloso anyway. What she meant for her country…
Jazz Column: Summer Hits from Brazil – Culture
It was the “Saudade” that hit the summer nerve of the North Americans perfectly, that gentle melancholy at the core of Brazilian music. It’s been almost exactly sixty years since…
Column “Nothing new”: Trapped happiness – culture
I can rarely name my favorite moment in a song as clearly as in “Aguas de Março”: Minute two, second 54. The Brazilian singer Elis Regina sings the second syllable…