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 ...

Born in Brazil's Bahia province, the shape-shifting carnival sound known as samba continues to retain African elements that have run through the music for hundreds of years, yet remains elastic… By ...

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 ...

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 ...

Grammy-winning Latin-music producer Aaron Levinson joins WXPN's David Dye for this, the 17th segment of World Cafe's Latin Roots series. Levinson, a Philadelphia native, started his music career at ...

Samba — dance, music, attitude 05:54 Music Brazil Xenia Böttcher 02/24/2025 Samba is inextricably linked to the people of Rio's Sugarloaf Mountain. At a 'samba de roda', Brazilians come together to ...

No More Samba on the Strand? Rio De Janeiro to Limit Live Music on the Beaches RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — If you have been to Rio de Janeiro’ beaches, this probably sounds familiar: samba music drifting ...

Check out the world premiere of the blissed-out video clip that pays homage to the classic Havana to Miami boat cruise, and early 2000s New Zealand music videos. Whether you’re talking about the ...

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 ...