Brazilian-American musician Beto Gonzalez was too young to understand the country around him when his family returned to Brazil in the 1970s. It was only as he grew older, after coming back to the ...

If you think Brazilian music simply reaches from samba to bossa nova, from feathered and sequined dancers to the surging excitement of Carnaval, you should have been at the Ford Amphitheatre on ...

Full of dense rainforests, bustling cities and golden beaches, Brazil is an endless feast for the eyes—and also for the ears. The country’s music teems with African, European and Amerindian influences ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Anitta has become a pop music sensation in her native Brazil and abroad, but Monday she will have her first shot to prove herself on the country's biggest stage: the Sambadrome.

A Los Angeles samba school brings a little taste of Brazil to the U.S., teaching the art of dance and percussion to anyone who wants to learn. This week, people around the world are celebrating the 40 ...

Os Novos Baianos brought their samba rock to American soil for the first time to the joy of the thousands of Brazilian and Brazilian-American fans who’ve made a life here. But they didn’t just draw a ...

Anitta, one of Brazil’s biggest musical talents, set an important precedent this week when she became the first Brazilian ...

Musicians at Casa de Francisca, in São Paulo, Brazil. One afternoon in 1962, lyricist Vinícius de Moraes and composer Antônio Carlos “Tom” Jobim were sitting at Bar Veloso, in Rio de Janeiro, when ...

NEW YORK (AP) – The World Cup is over but the Brazilian party will go on—in New York City. Over nine days beginning July 18, nearly 20 acts representing a cross section of Brazilian popular music will ...

Ricardo Targino, a Brazilian multi-prized shorts helmer, world premiered his freshman feature, “Lyrics (Almost Samba),” an upbeat tale about life in the Brazilian interior, at last year’s Rio Festival ...