Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Classical musicians are warning of a looming crisis as Brazil pushes to ban the international trade of Pernambuco, an endangered ...

Though Bossa Nova, and the music of Antonio Carlos Jobim, are Brazil's most recognized musical export, Brazil hosts a vast number of musical styles with musicians garnering international followings.

A proposal to bring Afro-Brazilian Yoruba music to Lagos next year was one of the highlights of lyric soprano, Funmi Bucknor’s 2026 Global Melodies concert held in Lagos on Friday. Brazil’s Consul ...

SAO PAULO (Reuters) -Brazilian musician Hermeto Pascoal, who played - and even boxed - with Miles Davis and was known as "The Sorcerer" for coaxing tunes from everything from a live piglet to ...

The music industry in Brazil is now officially a powerhouse, climbing into the top 10 markets worldwide. Discover what’s driving this explosive growth. In recent years, Brazil’s music market has ...

Musicians responded to the Brazilian dictatorship by writing songs of resistance and hope. The military regime fought back with censorship and repression. But still the music sang on. This is episode ...

Plastic music recordings, or vinyl records, are popular again in Brazil. In 2023, more records were sold than compact discs (CDs) and DVDs for the first time in many years. That information comes from ...

On September 5, world-renowned Brazilian-American pop musician, arranger and bandleader Sergio Mendes died in a hospital in Los Angeles at the age of 83. According to an Instagram post published by ...

Sérgio Mendes, the Brazilian musician renowned for bringing bossa nova music to a global audience starting in the ’60s, has died. He was 83. The news was announced in a statement by his family, who ...

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, ...