Metropolitana MPB São Paulo

Metropolitana focuses on MPB - Música Popular Brasileira - the genre that defines modern Brazilian popular consciousness. This isn't samba or bossa nova exclusively, though those traditions feed into the format. MPB encompasses singer-songwriters, cultural commentary, and the full range of what Brazilian urban audiences consider essential listening. The station broadcasts from São Paulo, the country's largest metropolitan area, which shapes programming toward cosmopolitan tastes without losing Brazilian roots. Artists like Tom Jobim, João Gilberto, and contemporary successors get significant r…