The distance between China and Brazil maybe great, but that, hasn't stopped the Brazilian dance and music culture from trickling its way into the middle Kingdom. Here's Nillah Nyakoa as she takes a ...

World-music fans have some great choices this week, as bands from Africa and Brazil converge on the city. From Africa comes Nii Tettey Tetteh & the Kusun Ensemble, an eclectic group from Ghana that ...

In a little-visited northern corner of Rio de Janeiro, a new music trail is helping travellers slip into the rhythms of ...

One of Halifax's oldest, largest and probably loudest bands is celebrating 30 years of Brazilian percussion and community on Saturday. Samba Nova is a Brazilian-style batucada band that explores ...

Mateus Picanco Lima Gomes ’18 grew up playing music in Brazil. When he was 11, he learned to strum the four-stringed cavaquinho. But as time went on, his interest in traditional Brazilian music waned, ...

The show opens and closes with the incomparable samba drums: rhythmic, seductive, a touch martial. Trio da Paz plays original music, Barron joins for songs by Jobim and himself, and there's a ...

The cancellation of Foo Fighters’ concerts has had a ripple effect. It even cost the local Brazilian samba group Amigos do Samba a gig. When the Foo Fighters dropped out of Lollapalooza in Sao Paulo, ...

(Second in a series looking at local reaction to the World Cup.) They showed a World Cup match with Portuguese commentary on Tuesday. At least, that was the rumor. South Africa has its vuvuzelas, the ...

COSTA DO SAUIPE, Brazil (Reuters) - FIFA has banned samba drums from Brazil's World Cup stadiums but even though local authorities are not happy about it they say it will not diminish the atmosphere ...

The artist was primarily a pianist and flutist, but also played saxophone, guitars, drums, and accordions - and frequently ... and said he owed as much to Brazilian music like chorinho and samba.