Brazil has long been a laboratory for sonic innovation, synthesizing the unique musical traditions of the country’s diverse population. At the cutting edge is baile funk, a sound that stems back ...

Explore the story of the explosive Brazilian musical movement through these essential selections from Baile LDN's Mango Park and Gabriela Vallim Although Brazilian ‘baile’ funk was born in the favelas ...

Rio das Pedras, Brazil – Seven white and silver mini-buses pull up to a two-storey warehouse, one after the other. Smoking on the sidewalk of the pothole-ridden road, local teenagers and adults watch, ...

Brazilian funk musician MC Kevin died Sunday after falling from the fifth-floor balcony of a hotel, according to reports. He was 23 years… By Griselda Flores Senior Editor, Latin Brazilian funk ...

This year’s unofficial Rio Carnival hit came from an unlikely source: MC Loma, a 15-year-old girl from a peripheral neighbourhood of Recife, the regional capital of Pernambuco. For many Brazilians ...