Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On the new Rota do Samba, musicians tell stories through song. Photograph by Dan Stables This article was produced by National ...

Marcos Valle 'Samba '68' is joining the Verve Vault, getting a reissue in the heralded jazz label's vinyl series.

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The six top-scoring samba schools from Rio’s Carnival returned to the Sambadrome for one final parade, showcasing their elaborate ...

The banner on the back wall of the old dance hall says in Portuguese: “While there is dance, we still have hope.” There’s plenty of that as the crowd of Cariocas (Rio locals) shake hips and move their ...

A song can change everything; it can trigger a movement or a revolution. Or it can become symbolic because of the unusual content of its lyrics. This is what happened in 1970, when composer Candeia ...

Percussionist Kody Roberts has been drumming with the band since he was 7 A young drummer who started leading a samba band at the age of 14 has said he wants more young people to enjoy the carnival ...

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 ...

If samba is the soul of Rio, its heart is Lapa, a rough-and-tumble district on the edge of downtown that is home to dozens of old-fashioned samba clubs and music-filled bars. Few cities are as deeply ...