Hometown Non-Hero
![Astrud Gilberto performing in the mid 1990s; she holds a microphone close to her face and has a wide patterned headband over her hair.](/sites/default/files/styles/832x468/public/2023-07/BigM-People-2023-Astrud-Gilberto.png?fv=aMUcqaa9&itok=o642tsW_)
06/22/2023
Bossa nova icon Astrud Gilberto, who died recently, was underappreciated in her native Brazil, writes Professor of Luso- Hispanic Studies Mario Higa in the Conversation. Gilberto burst onto the global scene with “The Girl from Ipanema” and went on to release 17 original albums.