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 ...

After months of speculation, TikTok is finally launching its own “social music streaming service,” initially in Indonesia and Brazil, the company announced Thursday, with licensing from all three ...

It’s bossa nova and samba, but so much more — funky, soulful and esoteric. Listen to these songs chosen by Joyce Moreno, Marcos Valle, Amaro Freitas and more lovers of Brazilian rhythms. Credit ...

One afternoon in 1962, lyricist Vinícius de Moraes and composer Antônio Carlos “Tom” Jobim were sitting at Bar Veloso, in Rio de Janeiro, when they recognized a woman walking by. The two men were so ...

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 ...

TikTok has already dominated the short-video and social media market, and is now looking to take on Spotify and Apple Music with its latest offering. The company announced today that it’s launching a ...