A&M STUDIOS Photo of Sergio MENDES, posed, studio, behind piano - Credit: Jim McCrary/Redferns Sérgio Mendes, the pianist who gifted the world with the most famous version of the Brazilian classic ...

The bandleader and musician, who died on Thursday at 83, was a bridge from Brazilian music to the world — and back. By Jon Pareles Sergio Mendes earned a lasting place in international pop as a ...

In the late 1960s, a young generation of Brazilian musicians began making albums that were more expansive and progressive than anything before. They were inspired by the protean roots of samba, the ...

Gusttavo Lima, born Nivaldo Batista Lima on September 3, 1989, in Presidente Olegário, Minas Gerais, Brazil, is a prominent ...

Larissa de Macedo Machado, better known by her stage name Anitta, was born on March 30, 1993, in the Honório Gurgel ...