Latin America has long been celebrated for its remarkable musical diversity. From the rhythmic pulse of samba in Brazil and ...

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 ...

Samba is inextricably linked to the people of Rio's Sugarloaf Mountain. At a 'samba de roda', Brazilians come together to feel the music that has accompanied them since childhood. Skip next section ...

Mexican-born bassist Gabriel Espinosa and German-born harmonica specialist Hendrik Meurkens—though coming from vastly different backgrounds—have always had a common passion for the bossa nova and the ...

Martinho da Vila (born February 12, 1938) is a Brazilian singer and composer who is considered to be one of the main representatives of samba and MPB. He is a prolific songwriter, with hundreds of ...

2 Review: tick, tick... BOOM! Moves Audiences by Transforming Jonathan Larson's Own Life Into a Powerful Manifesto on Art, Time, and Hope The musical portrays the life and times of Brazilian ...

A host of musicians speak with passion and intelligence about the vital role samba and jazz play in their communities. Brazilian photographer and jazz aficionado Jefferson Mello connects the New World ...

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 ...

Brazil Beyond Samba will play at the Gallo Center. Submitted by Gallo Center for the Arts A musical on Black history and Brazilian Samba come to the Gallo Center for the Arts in Modesto. Those are ...