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Singer Bebel Gilberto appears during an interview via zoom in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2020. Gilberto's latest album &quot;Agora&quot; will be released Friday, Aug. 21. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

After grief, Bebel Gilberto recovers her zen with new album

By DAVID BILLER - Associated Press

Relatives pay their last respects to Brazilian cultural icon João Gilberto during his wake at the Municipal Theater in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Monday, July 8, 2019. Joao Gilberto, one of the fathers of bossa nova music who gained worldwide popularity in the 1960s, passed away in his home in Rio de Janeiro on Saturday. He was 88. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Fans mourn João Gilberto at Rio de Janeiro funeral

By ANNA JEAN KAISER - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 18, 2004 file photo, Brazilian composer Joao Gilberto performs at Carnegie Hall, in New York. The Brazilian singer and composer, who is considered one of the fathers of the Bossa Nova genre, has died.His death was confirmed by his children on Saturday, July 6, 2019. Gilberto was 88 years old. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

Brazil leader hit for cool reaction to João Gilberto’s death

By ANNA JEAN KAISER - Associated Press

The bossa nova song, “The Girl From Ipanema” is turning 50. The tune inspired by a young woman who passed the songwriters in a beach bar on her way to the waters of Ipanema beach carries within its lyrics an image of a city that’s light and easy, palm trees and blue sky, a sun-kissed life without care. (Associated Press)

Brazil’s ‘Girl From Ipanema’ turns 50

By Juliana Barbassa - Associated Press