A forgotten figure of Brazil's Swinging '60s gets his due in "Simonal - No One Knows How Tough It Was." Though relatively little-known outside South America, titular entertainer was hugely popular as ...

I think I know a fair amount about Brazilian music. I’ve been following the music for a long time, have visited Brazil like eight or nine times, and love the music, culture, and country. Brazil is ...

Come for the presents. Stay for the baggage.

This is a trip into the world of bossa nova. Or the worlds of bossa nova. For the style that made Brazilian music so respected and famous all over the world has some subdivisions that coexist among ...

A phenomenon of popularity in the 1960s, Wilson Simonal saw his meteoric career fall apart when he was accused of collaborating with the Brazilian military dictatorship.