A Los Angeles samba school brings a little taste of Brazil to the U.S., teaching the art of dance and percussion to anyone who wants to learn. This week, people around the world are celebrating the 40 ...

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.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On the new Rota do Samba, musicians tell stories through song. Photograph by Dan Stables This article was produced by National ...

There are few cities in the world where the mountains meet the sea, where the sun shines year round, and the sounds of samba ...

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 ...

Those who have experienced Brazilian culture have loved it, especially Carnaval, a long-awaited celebration in February. For members of Handphibians, a Madison-based pagode band, and Ótimo Dance, a ...

After two years without its frenetic festival, sultry samba and towering floats, Rio de Janeiro will hold its famed carnival parades Friday. A member of a carnival samba school performs during a ...

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 ...

One afternoon in 1962, lyricist Vinícius de Moraes and composer Antônio Carlos “Tom” Jobim were sitting at Bar Veloso, in Rio de Janeiro, when they recognized a woman walking by. The two men were so ...

Elza Soares, the prolific Brazilian singer who recorded 35 albums and opened the 2016 Olympics in Rio, died Thursday, according to an Instagram post shared on her official page. She was 91. According ...