Radio Compass

Brazil radio online

Brazil has one of the largest radio landscapes on earth, and almost all of it is music you will not hear anywhere else. Sertanejo dominates commercial FM across the interior, samba and pagode hold the coast, forró belongs to the northeast, funk carioca to Rio, and MPB runs through everything as the country's common musical language.

What to expect

Brazilian radio is also heavily regional: a station in Belo Horizonte, Recife or Porto Alegre sounds materially different from one in São Paulo. Because so many stations stream at modest bitrates, Brazilian radio is also some of the most data-friendly listening on the internet.

Gospel and evangelical broadcasters make up a large share of the Brazilian dial — filter by genre if you are looking specifically for secular music.

More radio by genre

More radio by country

Never lose a song you heard

The Radio Compass app writes down every track that plays on air and sends it to Last.fm, ListenBrainz, Spotify, YouTube Music or Deezer in one tap.

Get it on Google Play iOS — coming soon