Gal Costa, an adventurous musician who was a pivotal figure in Brazil's Tropicália movement in the 1960s, has died. She was 77. Costa, born Maria da Graça Penna Burgos, died Wednesday, according to ...

In 1967, singer/composers Gilberto Gil and Caetano Veloso introduce a new sound in Brazilian music, inspired as much by Jimi Hendrix and Chuck Berry as by mellow bossa nova. Along with rock musicians ...

FILE PHOTO: Brazilian singer Gal Costa performs at the music festival "B-estival" in Barcelona SAO PAULO (Reuters) -Brazilian singer Gal Costa, one of the most distinctive voices from the country's ...

"I CHOOSE TROPICÁLIA not because it is liberal but because it is libertine." With this pithy turn of phrase, poet Torquato Neto put forth two of the Brazilian movement`s most provocative claims: first ...

Gal Costa, the Brazilian singer and key figure in the Tropicália movement of the late 1960s, died Wednesday. Costa's official social media channels shared the news; no cause of death was given. She ...

AT the newish Tropicalia Brazilian Grill on Hillhurst in Los Feliz, the salada Brasileira, a plate of baby lettuces showered with huge roasted cashews, palm-heart slivers, avocado and bits of ripe ...

The impeachment of Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff and the current economic crisis will have a long-lasting impact on the country, including on one of the largest open-air contemporary art ...

In Brazil, there's been a resurgence of Tropicalia — the anti-authoritarian, anarchic music that emerged under the military junta of the 1960s. It's back and fused with rap and lyrics fighting for ...

Two legends of Brazilian music, Gilberto Gil and Caetano Veloso, have teamed up for a new album. They've been close friends since the 1960s, when they helped launch the Tropicalia movement in Brazil.

SAO PAULO, Nov 9 (Reuters) - Brazilian singer Gal Costa, one of the most distinctive voices from the country's Tropicalia movement, has died at the age of 77. "It is with deep sadness and a heavy ...

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