Some years ago, Brazilian country music was considered hick by a lot of people in the major cities of the country. However, a recent wave of “Sertanejo Universitário” (College Country), a sub-set of ...

History tells us that it's very hard for a Brazilian celebrity to become an international superstar. Carmen Miranda successfully made it in the 1940s when she took Hollywood by storm. Then in the ...

There’s a virus spreading around the globe, but the symptoms aren’t fever or body aches. No, this epidemic manifests itself in giggles and grins, waving hands, pumping hips and a bubbly chorus that ...