​It's a Sunday evening at the local studios of WDNA, one of the only true indie radio stations in all of America. It's raining outside, an unholy alliance of torrent and drizzle, but in here there's nothing but sunshine. Brazilian sunshine, that is. As if one were on the beaches of Rio during Carnival, or in the back alleys of a Sao Paolo favela, on any given day of the long, hot year. There's a beat to this sunshine, too, a heady mix of samba, bossa nova, jazz, forro, pop, rock, reggae and wh
​Bebel Gilberto is considered by many to be at the forefront of modern Brazilian music. Though she was actually born in New York City, she was born into all-star lineage, her mother being Brazilian singer Miucha and her father Joao Gilberto, considered by many to be the "Father of Bossa Nova." But the influence of The City is very much alive in her music too, as is that of Europe, and basically every other far-flung place Gilberto has ventured throughout her life. Hers is a varied and eclectic
