The music on it bubbled with an infectious dance beat that was created by sanfona (accordion), zabuma (big bass drum) and ...

SAO PAULO (AP) — While Bad Bunny has dominated global charts, the superstar has not had quite the same success in Brazil, a country notoriously hard for foreign stars to win over due to a devotion to ...

To outsiders, Brazil often conjures up images of sun, sea, football, carnival, in a neat, emblematic impression of national cohesion. Visitors might pick up on the class and wealth divisions that ...

Brazilian music has produced world-famous artists in a multitude of genres, from metal and funk to bossa nova and classical music. Here are five Brazilian artists you really need to know (and listen ...

A few months ago, on Jan. 1, more than 150 thousand people swarmed the savannah-based, landlocked city of Brasília — an unusual flock since beach cities like Rio are usually top destinations around ...

Over the past decade, YouTube Music's "Foundry Class" has become a trademark of quality for independent artists, and the 24 artists who make up this year's class is no exception. The artists range ...

It was goodbye for one of soccer's most adored national teams. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. Brazil, five-time World Cup winners, ...

RIO DE JANEIRO — Sergio Mendes, the celebrated Brazilian musician whose 1966 hit “Mas Que Nada” made him a global superstar and helped launched a long, Grammy-winning career, has died after months ...

A Kiss for Brazil is Kansas-bred Grammy-nominated singer Karrin Allyson's third release to feature Brazilian music (From Paris to Rio, Concord, 1999; Imagina, Concord, 2008), and her first to showcase ...

Marília Mendonça, a Brazilian music star who drew millions of women to the nation's traditionally masculine country-style music scene, died Friday in a plane crash, the chief of her record label ...