the style shifted significantly in accordance with the historical events in the country - with the lyrics in the late 1950s focusing on the ease and comforts of upper-class life - after the 1964 coup d'etat, the words to these songs changed to more explicitly reflect the political unrest in the country - nowadays cariocas still enjoy the pleasing sounds of this genre in bars and jazz clubs all over the city.

standards like '(so nice) summer samba' are often a part of the repertoire to be heard at many of the live music shows that happen regularly in the marvelous city - here is a list of places on can go to around the city for bossa nova.