For the first time since the Cuban conga (1938), it looks as though the U.S. is taking up a new ballroom dance. The new dance is the Brazilian samba* notable alike for its breezy tempo and its lilting ...

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 ...

Director: [[miyanaga, Michael Iyanaga]] About: The ensemble performs a repertoire comprising roots samba, choro, samba-de-roda, and forró, as well as more contemporary Afro-Bahian pop music. With a ...

Percussion-based music echoed in the streets as dancers and musicians from the Evanston Escola de Samba invited people to clap along with the beat. Dancers wearing bright pink, blue and orange ...

PARIS – The U.N. cultural body added dozens of regional traditions Friday to its list of intangible heritage treasures, including Brazil’s samba, Turkey’s whirling dervishes and a “cultural space” in ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) – Carnival revelers are packing streets across Brazil for raucous open-air parties that begin at daybreak and pulse through the night. But attention is now turning to the ...

Blocos de carnaval are Rio de Janeiro’s equivalent to New Orleans’ brass bands – though the Brazilian version is mostly samba music and only appears during the South American country’s annual Mardi ...