If you believe in the power of pop music to change human lives on a global level, you probably know that pop remains rooted in local realities while reaching out to people everywhere. No pop musician ...

Universal Music Brasil is reissuing four classics from Chico Buarque, Elis Regina, Gal Costa and Caetano Veloso, and Gilberto ...

The Brazilian artist joined Tom for an interview this weekend and you can hear it in the archives here: Brazilian superstar Gilberto Gil formed the Tropicalia movement back in the late 60s along with ...

Watching Gilberto Gil at Royce Hall on Saturday night, it was hard to believe the performance was part of his first solo acoustic tour. The Brazilian musical legend (and minister of culture) stepped ...

Playing to an audience mostly formed by his many Brazilian fans, Gilberto Gil closed his six-city U.S. tour with a two-hour set designed as a journey through the history of his country’s music, ...

Want to watch 'Gilberto Gil the Power of Music' tonight? Pinpointing where to stream, rent, buy, or watch where to stream or rent this Dominique Dreyfus directed movie can be harder than it should be ...

The Chicago Symphony Center Presents series of outstanding world music concerts brings legendary Brazilian singer-guitarist Gilberto Gil to Chicago for his Symphony Center debut on Friday, April 2, at ...

"For me, that was like seeing Paul McCartney," said a friend in the lobby of the Schermerhorn Symphony Center last night after Gilberto Gil's dazzling set. "Wha? Who?" you say, and the Schermerhorn's ...

Gilberto Gil stepped down as Brazilian culture minister Wednesday, saying he wanted to dedicate more time to his music and his family. By The Associated Press SAO PAULO, Brazil — Gilberto Gil stepped ...

GILBERTO GIL, Music from the film Me You Them (Atlantic) A common curse among superstars, it seems, is the compulsion to draw on an ever bigger, grander canvas. Elvis Costello launches his career with ...

“I have a hard time with modern technology,” Brazilian icon Gilberto Gil says, describing the theme of his latest CD, Banda Larga Cordel. “I admit that I use it with moderation, but I am nevertheless ...