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 ...

It's a Saturday night at the Mangueira Samba School in Rio de Janeiro, where students are getting ready for Carnival. Millions of people will be dancing to the rhythms of Brazil's most popular music: ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Anitta has become a pop music sensation in her native Brazil and abroad, but Monday she will have her first shot to prove herself on the country's biggest stage: the Sambadrome.

Step up to a traditional samba circle in Brazil and you’ll find this: a group of 5 to 15 men, each playing an instrument — a tambourine, a cavaquinho, a drum. Then you’ll typically see women, not ...

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 ...

His blend of jazz and traditional folk styles sparked the attention of ... and said he owed as much to Brazilian music like ...

Maybe it's the warm weather. Maybe it's the world-famous beaches with mountains on the horizon in both cities. Well, whatever the reason, musician Roge says nothing makes him feel more like a native ...

The first annual New Orleans Brasil Day will held on Saturday, September 17, at the New Orleans Jazz Museum. The festival will consist of daylong cultural and educational activities centered around ...

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, ...