Bossa Nova with a Live New York Clock

The sound that once conquered Carnegie Hall — cool, cosmopolitan bossa nova, on Eastern time.

This station runs bossa nova with its jazz-club cool intact: openly-licensed bossa and jazz-samba — soft nylon-string guitar, brushed drums and gentle sway — crossfaded so the breeze never drops. It's warm, sophisticated music for a New York evening.

New York and bossa nova have real history. The genre broke worldwide after a legendary 1962 Carnegie Hall concert brought Brazil's new sound to Manhattan, and it's lived in the city's jazz clubs ever since — a natural cosmopolitan home. A live Eastern-time clock keeps it over the avenues.

It's ideal for a relaxed dinner, an easy evening, reading, or light focus that likes a little melody — bossa stays gentle in the background yet lifts a room with warmth.

The soundbed is openly-licensed (CC0 and CC-BY), credited and crossfaded so there's no audible loop and no copyright risk. The clock holds true Eastern Time while the scene keeps New York hours — steel daylight between towers, a warm avenue dusk, and soft glowing night when the grid lights up.