Brazil
All Star Brazilian Thrash Metal Band Musica Diablo to Release Debut Album
Musica Diablo, a Sao Paulo, Brazil-based thrash metal band formed around Sepultura singer Derrick ...(read more)Brazilian TV Repairman to Release Album with Super Furry Animals' Gruff Rhys
A Brazilian TV and video repairman who has invented his own guitar-like instrument is collaborating ...(read more)Saxophonist Ivo Perelman to Release Several New Albums in 2010
Prolific doesn't even begin to describe the Brazilian-born jazz saxophonist and composer Ivo ...(read more)Brazilian Master Percussionist Dende Releases Debut Full-Length
Afro-Brazilian master percussionist Dendê and his band Hãhãhães have ...(read more)Orquestra Contemporanea de Olinda Sets First U.S. Tour
Brazil's Orquestra Contemporânea de Olinda will begin their first American tour April 1 with a ...(read more)Copacabana Club Plans Northeast Dates
Copacabana Club, the Brazilian indie dance-pop band whose single 'Just Do it' has been bringing the ...(read more)Introducing Cibelle as Sonja Khalecallon
Taking a page from David Bowie's Ziggy Stardust, Beyoncé's Sasha Fierce, or even Eminem's ...(read more)Rioting and Stage Collapse Plague Guns N' Roses' Brazil Gigs
Two weekend performances by the American hard rock band Guns N' Roses ended badly this past weekend. ...(read more)Brazilian Artists Performing at SXSW 2010
When most people think of Brazilian music, the easygoing sounds of bossa nova and samba are the ...(read more)Miami's 8th TransAtlantic Festival To Showcase Eclectic Lineup
There's no better place to celebrate world music at a crossroads than at the annual Heineken ...(read more)Ceu Announces Spring U.S. Tour, Includes a Performance at Coachella
Brazilian singer Céu has announced a brief U.S. tour, her second since the 2009 release of ...(read more)Johnny Alf, Bossa Nova Pioneer, Dead at 80
Johnny Alf, a pianist, singer and songwriter, and one of the creators of the sensationally popular ...(read more)Rare Brazilian Psychedelic 45s Released on New CD
'Brazilian Guitar Fuzz Bananas: Tropicalia Psychedelic Masterpieces 1967-1976' is the title of a ...(read more)Garotas Suecas Announce New Single, U.S. Tour
Garotas Suecas, a psychedelic garage-rock sextet from Sao Paolo, Brazil, has announced the release ...(read more)'Beyond Ipanema' to Screen at SXSW Film Festival
'Beyond Ipanema,' described as "a mash-up of thoughts and ideas about the repeating cycle of ...(read more)U.S. Attorney General Asks Brazil to Fight Music and Movie Piracy
United States Attorney General Eric Holder has urged Brazil to step up its fight against piracy of ...(read more)Madonna Gets Her "Brazilian Boy Toy," Jesus Luz, a Record Deal
Jesus Luz, better known in the media as "Madonna's Brazilian boy toy," has reportedly signed a ...(read more)Nublu Takes Its Show to Istanbul and Paris
After a successful turnout during its first annual jazz festival launched in New York City in ...(read more)Claudio Roditi Releases 'Simpatico'
Brazilian jazz trumpeter Claudio Roditi has released 'Simpatico' (Resonance Records), his followup ...(read more)Sergio Mendes to Release 'Bom Tempo' in May
Brazilian icon Sergio Mendes will release his newest album, 'Bom Tempo,' May 4 on Concord Records. ...(read more)
