Ok, Bossa Nova fans, I’m finally able to start adding new tracks to the Bossa Nova Breakfast again this week! Switching over to a new network has been more work than I thought it would be, but I think I’ve got the hang of it…
Look for new music tonight from Marcos Valle, Rosa Passos, Celso Fonseca, Clara Moreno and a few others– And thanks again for your patience!
Scott Willis
Bossa Nova Breakfast
Well, it’s official, bossa nova fams – Live365 has been shut down for good. Nothing left but a simple goodbye message on their website. I know many of you originally found the Bossa Nova Breakfast on Live365, and I’m happy to say that I had good 15 year run there.
And for those of you who still haven’t heard – the Bossa Nova Breakfast is now on Radionomy! And it just recently became available again on TuneIn. I hope you’ll join me there as I build up the playlist (slowly, but surely!) and navigate the new network.
Thanks again for being loyal listeners!
Scott Willis
Bossa Nova Breakfast
As of today, you can once again listen to the Bossa Nova Breakfast on TuneIn!!! The station was off for a while do to a change in networks, but TuneIn notified me today that we are officially available again. Check it out through the link below or on the TuneIn app!
Our old network, Live365, is officially gone. But the good new is that you can listen to the Bossa Nova Breakfast on Radionomy directly from our website – http://www.bossanovabreakfast.com
See You There!
Thanks for your patience, everyone. I’m finally able to reveal that Radionomy is the new streaming partner for the Bossa Nova Breakfast! Here is the link to stream my station without interruption – http://bit.ly/bossanovabreakfast .
(You can also use this direct link – http://www.radionomy.com/en/radio/bossanovabreakfast/index)
I’m still testing the system, but it is available right now. There are a few quirks to be worked out, including a random song thrown in every once in a while that is not Bossa Nova, but I’ll fix that in the coming days. Please try the new stream and tell me what you think – http://bit.ly/bossanovabreakfast
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Hello Loyal Bossa Nova Fans!
I have some urgent news for you. The Bossa Nova Breakfast will soon be moving to another broadcast network. Due to increases in broadcast and royalty fees set to take effect next month, my network, Live365.com, is ceasing operations sometime in January 2016. I have been with them for more than 14 years, and there is still some hope that they will continue to provide streaming services on a limited basis after January, but I can’t say for sure at this time.
The good news is that I have been able to sign a contract with a new broadcast network, and I will begin streaming the Bossa Nova Breakfast with them very soon! I hope to have more information about how you can tune in to the new broadcast service tomorrow. Please check back here and on our website
BossaNovaBreakfast.com, for the latest updates!
Scott Willis
Bossa Nova Breakfast
Bebel Gilberto Sums Up Life’s Experiences on “Tudo”
From The Boston Globe: “Bebel Gilberto is a prolific assimilator. She was born into the first family of Brazilian pop, then shuttle between Rio de Janeiro and New York City as a child before finally relocating stateside in her 20s. She’s since crafted a personal style informed by her international view and the talents of many assorted collaborators.
Gilberto’s sound advances the Bossa Nova style of her parents’ generation into a contemporary milieu. She’s also recorded respectful but distinctive takes on well-known standards from her homeland, while proposing songs by the likes of Bob Marley and Neil Young for the canon. It makes sense that her latest album is called “Tudo,” which translates from the Portuguese as “all” or “everything.”
Read the entire feature on the The Boston Globe Website, and then tune-in to the Bossa Nova Breakfast to hear selections from “Tudo”
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2016 Summer Olympics Mascots Named After Black Orpheus Songwriters
From a recent feature on Broadway World: “The Organizing Committee for the 2016 Olympic Summer Games in Rio de Janeiro just announced its official mascots will be “Vinicius” and “Tom” — named after legendary Bossa Nova arists Vinicius de Moraes and Antonio Carlos “Tom” Jobim. These two vital voices in Brazilian culture were responsible, along with collaborator Luiz Bonfa, for the now iconic music at the heart of the Academy Award and Cannes Palme d’or winning film “Black Orpheus”
Visit the Broadway World Website, and then check the Bossa Nova Breakfast to hear music from Vinicius and Tom!
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Stacey Kent, New Jersey’s Finest Bossa Nova Chanteuse, Returns To Her Roots
From a recent feature on NJ.com: “…Fourteen-year-old Stacey Kent was in her comfortable South Orange home in the early 1980s, playing cards and listening to music with a school chum, when a new album started whirling on her turntable. Like some sort of surburban Alice in Wonderland, Kent felt as if she had fallen into a magical world. The album in question? The Bossa Nova classic “Getz/Gilberto” by American saxophonist Stan Getz and Brazilian guitarist Joao Gilberto.
“What I heard struck a chord,” Kent recalled. “There was this sweet, soft, melancholic melody pitched against this propulsive rhythm. The two elements pulled me right in.” Decades later, after a world-spanning career as a jazz singer, Kent, now 46, continues to return to the music of Brazil, but in her own way. Her latest album, “Changing Lights”, is self-consciously not a “Brazilian album,” she said — but any fan of bossa nova would smile in appreciation at its understated groves and bittersweet tone…”
Read the entire article on NJ.com Website, and then tune in to the Bossa Nova Breakfast to hear selections from “Changing Lights.”
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