Rita Lee, the Brazilian singer, musician, composer and a founder of Os Mutantes, has died. She was 75. "We communicate the passing of Rita Lee, in her home, in São Paulo, late last night, surrounded ...

Rita Lee, a founding vocalist of Brazilian psych-rock legends Os Mutantes, has died. Lee – who earned the title of Brazil’s “Queen of Rock” for her work both in Os Mutantes and as a solo artist – was ...

The new incarnation of the group has garnered rave reviews, both for its post-2000 reunion albums and its electrifying concerts. Credit: Courtesy Photo / Os Mutantes Sixties-era Brazilian group Os ...

With the same inventiveness and energy that they've had for 50 years, legendary Brazilian band Os Mutantes remains creative and sharp on their new album ZZYZX (out now via Jardim Elétrico). The 11 ...

The hipster and indie aud for the Os Mutantes show at the El Rey was much younger then you'd expect to see for a band that broke up in 1978. Although the songs played were older than most of the aud, ...

Forty years after they first formed, one of Brazil’s most influential music groups reunited to plenty of international fanfare in 2006. At first, however, that reunion came as a surprise to the ...

Dave Pehling is website managing editor for CBS Bay Area. He started his journalism career doing freelance writing about music in the late 1990s, eventually working as a web writer, editor and ...

The Brazilian band Os Mutantes ascended to legendary status in the 1960s with infusions of rock, psychedelic music and extraneous sounds. The group is credited with influencing a broad range of ...

“We were kids,” Sergio Dias Baptista says. “I was 16 when we had a coup d’etat here in 1964. Everything changed and there was repression. Of course, we would fight back, but we fought back laughing ...

Almost three decades after the last incarnation of Os Mutantes played its final gig, the seminal Brazilian rock band has reunited for its first tour of the United States, including a performance on ...