NEW YORK (AP) – The World Cup is over but the Brazilian party will go on—in New York City. Over nine days beginning July 18, nearly 20 acts representing a cross section of Brazilian popular music will ...

But Brazil ’s musical culture extends far beyond one genre. Samba, tropicália, axé, forró, electronic music, and more make ...

Brazilian-American musician Beto Gonzalez was too young to understand the country around him when his family returned to Brazil in the 1970s. It was only as he grew older, after coming back to the ...

Santa Cruzan Samba Ngo, an African-born musician who rose to fame performing in France during the 1960s and ”70s, became interested in music because of the way his father used sound as medicine in ...

CONCORD, Calif. -- Feel the beat of the drums during an educational workshop set to the sounds of Samba music. House of Samba Kids is an interactive workshop that uses instruments and dance to capture ...

This article was produced by National Geographic Traveller (UK). In the shuffling rhythms of samba, in its defiance and energy and lust for life, lies the soul of Rio de Janeiro. Samba is heard ...

As clichéd as it sounds, music is truly a universal language. Just ask trumpeter and MC Ben Lamar and Brazilian hip-hop lyricist Edu Lopes. Both were raised on samba and bossa nova, specifically on ...

From Rio’s carnival to the televised coverage of the World Cup the rhythm of samba has become such a ubiquitous musical representation of Brazil it is in danger of becoming a cliché. But a new show, ...