ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. — Viva Brasil STL is gearing up for its annual Festa Junina, a Brazilian folk festival, at Kirkwood Park. The nonprofit organization was founded in 2012 with a goal to bring ...

Hermeto Pascoal performs during a festival in France in 2005. Known for improvisation and a sense of whimsy, Pascoal blended regional Brazilian folk music with jazz and psychedelia over a decades-long ...

The prolific Brazilian composer Hermeto Pascoal has died. Nicknamed “the Sorcerer,” Pascoal resembled a wizard from a storybook — both in his personal style, and his ability to create magical sounds ...

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... Hermeto Pascoal, whimsical Brazilian composer ...