When 10cc released “I’m Not in Love” on May 23, 1975, they created something that still sounds otherworldly nearly five decades later. The track defies easy categorisation: part art-pop experiment, ...

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 ...

Listen to tracks by Deftones, Lila Iké, Chance the Rapper and others. By Jon Pareles Shiny synthesizer tones, larger-than-life drum sounds, bell tones and handclaps all revive the 1980s pop of Michael ...

No score yet, be the first to add. 0.0 Quadeca departs from South America, looping the first three seconds of Brazilian artist Chico Buarque’s 1971 album Construção into the beat for “No Questions ...

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Think of Brazil and Rio de Janeiro will likely spring to mind: the golden-sand beaches, the mountainous backdrop, the gentle yearning of bossa nova or samba’s lively percussion echoing in the distance ...

You might know the Grammy-nominated electro-pop duo Sofi Tukker from their hit song Best Friend, which blew up in 2017 after being featured in Apple's iPhone X commercial. Now, Sophie Hawley-Weld and ...

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers’ fifth studio album Long After Dark landed with a series of firsts for the band. It was the first to feature bassist and backing vocalist Howie Epstein, replacing Ron ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

BRASILIA, Sept 6 (Reuters) - Brazilian musician Sergio Mendes, who brought bossa nova to international audiences in the 1960s, died on Friday at the age of 83 in Los Angeles, his family said. In a ...