It often surprises to reveal that Bebel Gilberto is a native New Yorker. Not only is she pretty much the face of Brazilian music outside of the country, her pedigree is untouchable: Dad was João ...

The Tiny Desk is working from home for the foreseeable future. Introducing NPR Music's Tiny Desk (home) concerts, bringing you performances from across the country and the world. It's the same spirit ...

Bebel Gilberto was just 20 when she released her first recording under own name in 1986. But the then-budding Brazilian vocal star was already an experienced musician by that point. She made her ...

Tudo is the latest album from Bebel Gilberto, who began singing at seven years old with her father bossa nova great Joao Gilberto. This latest CD is an artful contribution to Bebel Gilberto's career.

For the followup to her sumptuous "Tanto Tempo" -- the first Brazilian album to coalesce NPR listeners, club DJs, the electronica circuit and world music fans -- Bebel Gilberto has accentuated soft, ...

In this edition of Sounds Eclectic, host Nic Harcourt plays new, upcoming and recent releases from Badly Drawn Boy, U2, Medeski Martin & Wood and many more. Featuring live in-studio performances from ...

In the world music section of a Manhattan Tower Records, Brazilian singer Bebel Gilberto surveys the prominent display of her debut, Tanto Tempo. She then turns to an adjacent rack. ”Ah, there’s my ...

I reviewed Bebel Gilberto's new CD, Momento, last month here on LAist and that CD review was supposed to coincide with her scheduled show at the El Rey but she broke her ankle in an accident and the ...

Bebel Gilberto may be the daughter of Joao Gilberto, one of the first bossa nova composers, but that's hardly her only claim to fame. Her album Tanto Tempo, produced by the electronic artist Suba, was ...

Nature placed Bebel Gilberto into one of the royal families of Brazilian music, while nurture pushed her tastes toward the experimental, rather than the traditional, end of the spectrum. She's worked ...

Bebel Gilberto fans know better than to expect the sort of bossa nova plied by her father, Brazilian guitarist and singer João Gilberto. Although there is a clear bossa influence in her style, the ...

What’s next for Bebel Gilberto? That was the question posed by many impressed by her acclaimed debut album Tanto Tempo (2000), a delicate bossa nova update dominated by the cut-and-paste mentality of ...