Brazil

If one wanted to draw a neatly pruned tree showing the progression of popular music in Brazil, it might begin with choro, transitioning over time into an array of dances, distinctly Brazilian. In this episode of "Momentos Musicales" KPAC's James Baker listens to the sound of the choro through the music of Heitor Villa-Lobos.

If there were to be a "Great Americas Songbook," surely the music of João Gilberto and Antonio Carlos Jobim would be at the top of the list. KPAC's James Baker listens back in this Momentos Musicales segment to the sounds that swept America in the early 1960s.

Pascoal said he had composed thousands of pieces. "I am 100 percent intuitive," he once told NPR. Miles Davis called him one of the most important musicians in the world.

In Bruna Dantas Lobato's Blue Light Hours, when a daughter and mother live 4,000 miles apart, they both come of age, feeling a deep longing for the past but also learning about how their bond deepens because of the independence each one is learning to live with.

We return to Rio for more music recorded aboard the SS Uruguay, a ship which ferried the All-American Youth Orchestra on a tour of important ports along the Atlantic coast of South America. The students, most of whom went on to play in the most important American orchestras, sat in amazement as the ballroom of the ship filled with a who's who of Brazilian talent.

Brazilian samba musician Rogê already conquered Rio de Janeiro. He's here to give the U.S. a taste of Brazil with his album Curyman.

The singer and co-founder of the psychedelic group died at home in São Paulo.

The late wrestler was known for pioneering mixed martial arts, freeing hostages in Iraq and organizing a wrestling match in North Korea that became the biggest-pay-per-view in pro-wrestling history.

Photographer Raphael Alves documented how socioeconomic issues worsen the COVID-19 pandemic in the state of Amazonas, Brazil.

The U.S. is Brazil's second largest trading partner, so how do American consumers make sure their products aren't fueling the destruction of the Amazon?