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 ...

It wasn’t hard to find Lô Borges. Growing up in the Brazilian city of Belo Horizonte, he would hang out on the corner of Divinópolis and Paraisópolis, smoking and singing Beatles songs with his ...

Sérgio Mendes, a musician who emerged with Brazil's bossa nova movement in the 1960s and became an ambassador for that country's music around the world, died Thursday in his adopted hometown of Los ...

Sergio Mendes, the innovative and influential pianist, composer and arranger who was one of Brazil’s earliest contemporary crossover artists, died Thursday in Los Angeles, his family has confirmed. No ...

Rhythm Planet host Tom Schnabel on famous Brazilian songs heard from the favelas to the stadiums. (10 o'clock hour) Rhythm Planet host Tom Schnabel on famous Brazilian songs heard from the favelas to ...

As Big Agriculture transforms the country, a homegrown musical style—and a new kind of cowboy chic—is moving from its rural ...