Elza Mueller-Roemer's booking agent, Lisa Lucas, helped her book a West Coast tour and got her music featured on the TV show "Smallville," which is pretty good considering Lucas is imaginary. Elza -- ...

On the stage of a dancehall in downtown Rio de Janeiro, a woman wearing an enormous Afro wig, a white crochet mini-dress and - or so the photographer returns from the stage to tell me - no knickers, ...

Elza van den Heever was well along in her career as a talented mezzo-soprano when her musical world turned upside down: It turned out everything she'd been doing was wrong - or at least, beside the ...

Last year she could have been seen singing with 200 female drummers at the Sāo Paulo Festival. Her new album, which provided the majority of her set at the Barbican as part of the EFG London Jazz ...

Elza Soares, one of the greatest Brazilian singers of all time, has died aged 91 at her home in Rio de Janeiro, her publicist says. Often called the queen of Brazilian samba, she released more than 30 ...

Michelle Mercer reviews a new album about the darker side of Brazilian life by a samba legend — Woman at the End of the World by Elza Soares. Brazil is known for its tropical beauty and rich culture.

Playback and mix engineer Elza Coutinho is bringing a unique perspective to music in Hollywood thanks to her Indian roots. “Music has always been about connection for me—it’s a universal language,” ...