The central mystery of popular music is the way that certain sounds feel right for the moment, whatever their history. The sound of bossa nova, the very hippest thing in the early sixties, became ...

STATEN ISLAND, NY — Too many fa-la-la-la's: Maybe if the retail/corporate world didn't launch the season the day after Halloween, Christmas music wouldn't be so stale when it finally limps into town.

After 16 years, the preschool show The Backyardigans has finally had its musical genius recognized. Much like the Little Einsteins theme song experienced a viral nostalgia resurgence via remixes ...

Bossa nova was developed in Brazil in the 1950s, combining jazz and samba and it typically features classical acoustic guitars with nylon strings. The highly-danceable music meets one of metal's most ...

It's the essence of self-assurance. Cool knows its own ability, and it doesn't need to advertise. Cool keeps its verve in reserve. Cool hints at mystery, eccentricity, a bit of contempt. Cool doesn't ...

Cool Struttin'; O Grande Amor; Tristeza; Well, You Needn't ; Fool On The Hill; Tereza, My Love; Recado Bossa Nova; Here's That Rainy Day; Blue In Green; Mr. Tom; ...

Ah, the sweet sway of bossa nova. The coolest of rhythms, born in cafés of southside Rio, inspired by the golden sands of Ipanema. Now, though, it reaches the world from the drizzly back streets of ...

While Wynwood may be most world-renowned for its spectacular murals, the District consists of wondrous variations in all the arts, and that includes music. Want proof? Hit Joey’s on a Sunday or ...

Brazil’s best-known form of music is the samba, the drum-heavy, rhythmically intricate and danceable genre that powers Carnival. But in 1955, when João Gilberto locked himself in the bathroom of his ...

Former Joe Jackson guitarist, producer,writer, arranger, sound design, custom hip-hop drum.loops, accordion, & chromatic harmonica. Currently, top call session player ...

In the history of the visual image it registered as barely a blink. Coming into its own around 1960, the vinyl album cover had virtually vanished by 1990. Yet from Blue Note’s gloriously atmospheric ...