There may not be a more aptly titled band in pop music at the moment than Nouvelle Vague. In French, the moniker means “new wave.” In Portuguese, the title translates to “bossa nova.” Combined, these ...

The origin of French group Nouvelle Vague’s name is three-pronged. First, of course, it references the famous French school of cinema. Then, the words translate to “nova onda” in Portuguese, which is ...

Tropicalia from a regrouped OS Mutantes; Sitar meets 12-string guitar in Satwa; New Wave Bossa Nova by Nouvelle Vague; Classic new rock from Heartless Bastards; A soldier's life in song: Blow Up ...

Fusing post-punk’s brooding atmospherics with the lilting sway of bossa nova doesn’t sound like it should work, conceptually. The sounds of Joy Division, the Cure and other bands of the era seem too ...

The French band Nouvelle Vague takes classic New Wave singles from the '80s and adds a Brazilian twist -- courtesy of the other "new wave": bossa nova. What began as a project between Marc Collin and ...

Strange as Angels is the new project by Marc Collin, leader of New Wave bossa nova cover band Nouvelle Vague, and Chrysta Bell, the actress, singer-songwriter and David Lynch muse. Together they have ...

HACKETTSTOWN — Centenary Stage Company continues its annual January Thaw Music Festival with Diego Figueiredo and Ken Peplowski: The Bossa Nova Wave. The performance will take place at the Lackland ...

In March, the Brazilian style of music known as bossa nova made an unexpected appearance on one of the year’s biggest hip-hop albums: Juice WRLD‘s Death Race for Love. Thank Tommy Brown. During a ...

A decade or more younger than the composer / musicians in the first wave of bossa nova artists, Antonio Adolfo began recording under his own name towards the end of the 1960s. Better known as a ...

Tropicalia from a regrouped OS Mutantes; Sitar meets 12-string guitar in Satwa; New Wave Bossa Nova by Nouvelle Vague; Classic new rock from Heartless Bastards; A soldier's life in song: Blow Up ...

French musical project Nouvelle Vague, headed by musician-producers Marc Collin and Olivier Libaux, is a breath of fresh air. Nouvelle Vague means 'new wave' in French, and 'bossa nova' in Portuguese.