Gabriel da Rosa

Brazilian artist Gabriel da Rosa plays traditional-inspired Brazilian bossa nova and samba with a contemporary edge on his debut album, É o que a casa oferece, out February 17th. Gabriel da Rosa, native of Cruz Alta, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, plays traditional inspired Brazilian bossa nova and samba. He joined the Stones Throw roster in 2022. Growing up in rural southern Brazil with a radio DJ for a father, Gabriel da Rosa was exposed to all kinds of music from his home country, but it wasn’t until he moved to Los Angeles that he began curating Brazilian records and DJing himself. He bonded with Stones Throw’s founder, artist and DJ Peanut Butter Wolf, over their shared love of Brazilian music, and began writing his own bossa with collaborator Pedro Dom, a musician who’s worked with some of Brazil’s best internationally known artists (Seu Jorge, Rodrigo Amarante and Latin Grammy Award winner Ian Ramil). Although Gabriel now resides in Los Angeles, his Brazilian heritage and roots are pivotal to his musicianship, thanks to his upbringing in Brazil, where he was inspired to make music by his poet mother and his radio DJ dad, who introduced him to the music of artists like Joao Gilberto. For Gabriel da Rosa, the appeal of bossa nova is its emotional as well as musical depth. He says, “When you listen to it, you feel blissful – it evokes happy memories. That’s what I’m trying to do on the album.”