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MPB, Música Popular Brasileira, is a sort of ‘super-genre’ of music that has it’s roots in the post-Bossa Nova era of the mid- to late-60’s. MPB encompasses many different styles of music, ranging from those with jazzy bossa-nova influences to rock and pop music very similar to that found in North America.

Generally MPB signifies any style of music that is relatively current and recognized as, frankly, widely popular and distinctly Brazilian. I suppose MPB is a pretty good moniker indeed.

MPB FM, a radio station broadcasting out of Rio de Janeiro (where else!?), serves as a fantastic soundtrack to the ‘cidade maravilhosa’ …

itself. Extremely popular and influential, it is very common to hear MPB FM spilling out of the speakers of taxis, botequins, casas and apartamentos. From what I understand it’s even pretty popular in the favelas. Seja o que for (be what it may), it’s safe to say that MPB FM is a great reflection of what people are really into in Rio, and in Brazil in general.