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 ...

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 ...

Percussion-based music echoed in the streets as dancers and musicians from the Evanston Escola de Samba invited people to clap along with the beat. Dancers wearing bright pink, blue and orange ...

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 ...

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 ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — If you have been to Rio de Janeiro’ beaches, this probably sounds familiar: samba music drifting from a nearby kiosk, caipirinha cocktails sold by hawkers, chairs sprawled across ...

Here are four cities with great venues where you can learn about these styles and catch them being performed live. Samba, ...

Sega is teaming up with rapper and pop star Pitbull, aka Mr Worldwide, forSamba de Amigo with a new song for the Dreamcast reboot. Sega announced the collaboration in a new trailer and said the new ...