If you are a good music nerd, then you know that bossa nova is the bomb and the absolute best thing out there. From there you know about Caetano Veloso, Jorge Ben Jor, Astrud Gilberto and all the other giants from Brazil and that came about during that era.

As such this is a depth first hit on bossa nova which every nerd worth its salt should appreciate.

I can't upvote this enough! I've dedicated a good portion of my life to collecting Brazilian records from that era. Expensive, but rewarding hobby.

I would love to see your top 10. One of my favorites: Elis Regina...

Elis should be in every top 10 list!

Top 10s are always tough, but I'll give it a shot. I have a penchant for the obscure, but if I were to consider total output, my list would be (I know I'm leaving some out)...

- Arthur Verocai (anything he arranged) - Joyce Moreno - Jorge Ben - Milton Nascimento - Edu Lobo - Nara Leao - Elis Regina - Marcos Valle - Gal Costa - Joao Donato

And a bonus top 5 groups

- Tamba Trio - Novos Baianos - Azymuth - Quarteto Em Cy - Dom Salvador's groups (Rio 65, Salvador Trio, etc.)

For a deep dive into the obscure stuff, I used to do a podcast from my collection. Lots here to keep anyone busy.

https://novedos.com/

Thank you very much for taking the time for this, several new names that I had not yet run into so some interesting times ahead.

Walter Wanderley.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWrAxtjiXFM

You might enjoy this documentary from Telluride Film Festival last year https://www.imdb.com/title/tt21956346/

While I love your enthusiasm for bossa nova there are probably better ways to share it with the others. Your argument is circular and starts with a dubious assumption. Thanks for the links though!

Are you disappointed by the experience of having read it?

I have to say, slightly? Usually off-topic articles here are interesting because they have educational content.

in the future, just flag things you think don't belong. That's the "proper channel" for doing this type of feedback.

I don’t think I have used that feature. Thanks!

She made good coding music.

Bossa nova is some of my favorite music to listen to while working. It's mellow, soothing, but never boring. Also, being in a foreign language helps minimize distraction. RIP

“astrid gilberto radio ⌨ - bossanova to code/program to”

A better question is where is the black bar?

Good question.

> edit: Editing to say, I don't mean this in a condescending way, or that this person's passing is irrelevant. I more precisely mean to say that I don't understand how this content is topical to this forum.

You're totally right but people can mourn here about those who have passed on if they want to and they are free to do so. Whether if a black bar will appear for this individual or if this post is allowed on the front page is another question.

However at this point, the guidelines on this orange site are not fit for purpose anyway. Not even the moderators here follow it and add 'exceptions' to the rule from time to time.

I think it's because she is important for some of the folks here and they'd like to know about it. From the number of points & comments, I don't think it's really off-topic:

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

Besides, I also found out about Queen Elizabeth's passing last year by reading it on HN.