On Friday (Feb. 27), Hall’s Brazilian Jazz Trio featuring guitarist and São Paulo native Chico Pinheiro will bring their Michigan mini-tour to The Alluvion in Traverse City for a 7 p.m. show. The trio ...

Luciano Xavier began drumming in his native Brazil before he was even tall enough to reach the top of a drum. At 4 years old, his godfather noticed his rhythmic ability and built him a special stand ...

It’s not Carnival, and we’re not in Brazil, but we do have a festival — Exit Zero Jazz Festival — and PhillyBloco will bring the best of Brazilian percussion right to our own backyard when it plays ...

Mateus Picanco Lima Gomes ’18 grew up playing music in Brazil. When he was 11, he learned to strum the four-stringed cavaquinho. But as time went on, his interest in traditional Brazilian music waned, ...

Wallace Leite from San Francisco found himself in the middle of thousands of Brazil’s most fanatic supporters during the country’s 2022 World Cup round-of-16 beatdown of South Korea, leading the fans’ ...

A writer struggled with being present. This Brazilian drum helped her pay attention. By Carolina Abbott Galvão Earlier this year, Paul Simon’s “Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard” came on at a party ...

Since the pandemic, amateur musicians have flocked to the Brazilian percussion ensemble Miamibloco and built a community around samba in the process. After months of pandemic isolation, a lot of ...

Samba can’t be learned from a textbook alone. Brazil’s musical tradition is best understood first-hand and up close — close enough to feel the drumbeat reverberate inside you. “ It's like an ocean of ...

Laisa Lima will lead Arranco's parade when they take part in the annual inter-school competition on the weekend.