Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sergio Mendes, the innovative and influential pianist, composer and arranger who was one of Brazil’s earliest contemporary ...

Alok is no stranger to the global stage. As one of the world’s most in-demand DJs, the 33-year-old Brazilian producer has amassed millions of monthly streams and regularly spins in cities like SÁ£o ...

Artists protesting against Brazil's military dictatorship in 1968 at Rio de Janeiro City Hall. Photo from the Brazilian National Archives Collection. In times of darkness, music has often led the way.

Aug. 24 (UPI) --Classical musicians and instrument makers are warning of a looming crisis ahead of a U.S. meeting in September on Brazil's push to ban most international trade in Paubrasilia echinata, ...

The music of Brazil made its way into the jazz lexicon in the late 1950s and early 1960s when the bossa nova style emerged and caught on in the U.S., its chords and harmonies ripe for combining with ...

A few weeks ago, a famous Brazilian musician and critic wrote a poignant article pointing out how the events that have recently rocked Brazil lack a soundtrack, a musical dimension as in previous ...

He was the Brazilian music legend who brought bossa nova to a global audience in a career that lasted more than 60 years. In the past few days, tributes have been flooding in for legendary Brazilian ...

The two time Grammy winner died on Thursday, Sept. 5, in a Los Angeles hospital Chrissy Hampton/Getty Sérgio Mendes, the Brazilian-born musician who brought bossa nova music to a global audience in ...

As Brazilian gospel music’s popularity soars, artists with little Christian background are releasing worship songs. Does it matter why? “Dwell in me, Jesus,” sings Ana Castela in “Agradeço” (I Thank ...

Salvador sits on Brazil’s northeastern coast as a city where history and daily life intertwine in vivid detail. Its colonial ...