This article was produced by National Geographic Traveller (UK). In the shuffling rhythms of samba, in its defiance and energy and lust for life, lies the soul of Rio de Janeiro. Samba is heard ...

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 ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Porto Seguro will bring their “Samba Beats Soulful Bossa” performance to the Piccolo Spoleto ...

Last week, festivities began in Rio de Janeiro for Carnival, a large celebration involving music, dancing, parades, and parties before the Catholic observance of Lent. Source: Britannica, Insider, The ...

In "Sao Paulo Samba," the Orquestra Sinfônica do Estado de São Paulo plays Latin classics. The Orquestra Sinfônica do Estado de São Paulo delights with a performance of orchestral music from around ...

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 ...

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 ...