After a decade of plummeting sales and surging piracy, the music industry in Brazil is roaring back to life, clawing its way back into music's top markets and ranking No. 10 in terms of revenue in… By ...

It wasn’t hard to find Lô Borges. Growing up in the Brazilian city of Belo Horizonte, he would hang out on the corner of Divinópolis and Paraisópolis, smoking and singing Beatles songs with his ...

For the better part of 100 years, the world has had a love affair with Brazilian music, starting with the samba, segueing to bossa nova, and pivoting to modern rhythms. But Brazilian music has always ...

Two years ago I wrote about the booming Brazilian e-music market, which has turned Brazil into one of the meccas of electronic music. Back then, a study by the Rio Music Conference (RMC), the largest ...

As part of Hispanic Heritage month, Tell Me More is offering a weekly series on Latin music with guests Felix Contreras and Jasmine Garsd, hosts of NPR Music's Alt.Latino. They've been bringing new ...

Director: [[miyanaga, Michael Iyanaga]] About: The ensemble performs a repertoire comprising roots samba, choro, samba-de-roda, and forró, as well as more contemporary Afro-Bahian pop music. With a ...

Just a couple of weeks ago, it was the Brazilian singer Ivete Sangalo who made headlines in the United States, where she kicked off a much-anticipated five-city tour. Compared to Tina Turner by The ...

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 ...

A new orchestral project in Brazil aims to transform Bitcoin’s price data into live music. Sources close to the situation ...

Covered in tattoos and gold jewelry, MC Guime took the stage at a Sao Paulo club where patrons pay up to $4,500 for the VIP area, his lyrics fitting right in with the ostentatious surroundings. "Top ...

When the Summer Olympics open Friday in Rio de Janeiro, ceremony organizers will showcase not just world class athletes but also three musical ambassadors. The artists will no doubt attempt, in a few ...