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.

When Alva Anderson was given a CD with Brazilian samba music, she immediately knew she had to start learning Portuguese as the samba songs she previously sang in English now had new meaning to her. “I ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - After months of coronavirus-induced inactivity, Rio de Janeiro's legendary samba scene is tentatively tiptoeing back to life, offering a sliver of hope to those whose ...

Samba dancers turn heads and excite the crowd with their traditional Brazilian dances at the Utah Brazilian Festival on Saturday, Sept. 14, 2019. (Thomas Madrigal) What started as a way for Matilde ...

If you think Brazilian music simply reaches from samba to bossa nova, from feathered and sequined dancers to the surging excitement of Carnaval, you should have been at the Ford Amphitheatre on ...

Step up to a traditional samba circle in Brazil and you’ll find this: a group of 5 to 15 men, each playing an instrument — a tambourine, a cavaquinho, a drum. Then you’ll typically see women, not ...

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 ...

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 ...

The cancellation of Foo Fighters’ concerts has had a ripple effect. It even cost the local Brazilian samba group Amigos do Samba a gig. When the Foo Fighters dropped out of Lollapalooza in Sao Paulo, ...

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WAFF) - Alabama-based Brazilian cover band Nossa Samba is celebrating big news as they’re making waves far beyond Huntsville. Nossa Samba has just landed on the 2025 Grammy ballot!