Rio de Janeiro is the place to go. The city, the birthplace and world capital of samba, lives to the beat of this music throughout the year, but it is in February, during Carnival, that samba ...

The six top-scoring samba schools from Rio de Janeiro’s Carnival returned ... energetic performances, and live samba music. Mangueira, which placed sixth, opened the festivities, while Beija ...

Exploring the life and times of Cassiano, the Brazilian artist who pioneered the sounds of funk and soul during the late 1970s before abandoning music.

But cultural roots in Rio, Brazil's former capital, stretch much wider into the North Zone and its suburbs, where Black communities created and nurtured samba, funk and other music styles that ...

About 100 dogs happily wagged their tails to samba music while socialising at the Blocao street party. The event drew around 300 people and their pets. “I think this is just wonderful; I’ve been ...

This is what happened in 1970, when composer Candeia (1935-1978), a native of Rio de Janeiro ... “This was the first time in the history of samba – and, perhaps, even in the history of Brazilian ...

The streets of Rio de Janeiro have transformed into a sea of color, music, and revelry as Carnival ... (AP photo) For samba schools, Carnival isn’t just a festival—it’s the culmination ...

Pool Academy, part of Athena Learning Trust, has announced the formation of its new samba band. The band will be led by Joey Holmes, a visiting music teacher with experience in running samba bands. He ...

C’est en arrivant à Rio que la samba se transforme musicalement ... le côté afro-brésilien mais le côté métissé de la musique », poursuit la chercheuse.

The Afro-Brazilian rhythms of the Recôncavo Baiano combine with the charm of the Bossa Nova in a performance set for ...

Video. Clowns and musicians turned a Rio hospital into a carnival celebration, bringing music, dance, and laughter to children, parents, and medical staff on the pediatric ward.

défilé d'écoles de samba: les jeux Olympiques de Rio, les premiers de l'histoire sur le continent sud-américain, se sont ouverts par une ode à la musique brésilienne, dans le mythique stade ...