After last week’s opening ceremony explored many wonderful styles of Brazilian music, I was eager to see what other kinds this vibrant city had to offer. So I set out to find some. The bar we… ...

Sergio Mendes, the influential pianist, composer and arranger who was one of Brazil’s earliest contemporary crossover artists, has died.

Music Go Anitta! Introducing Brazil’s Next Crossover Superstar With an upcoming Netflix series, J Balvin co-sign and hits in three different languages, Brazil's biggest pop singer is going global ...

Part of the challenge is in the specificity of her music: Anitta’s roots are in Brazilian funk, also called “baile funk” and “funk carioca,” the distinctive Rio-born musical style that ...

Although Brazilian pop music thrives outside of politics, it remains a specific lens to understand power dynamics and complex social issues today.

SÃO PAULO, Brazil — The MTV Music Awards in Brazil had until recently been the domain of tinny pop and smiling boy bands. But last year, one of the show’s stars took the stage and ...