Musicians at Casa de Francisca, in São Paulo, Brazil. One afternoon in 1962, lyricist Vinícius de Moraes and composer Antônio Carlos “Tom” Jobim were sitting at Bar Veloso, in Rio de Janeiro, when ...

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 ...

Tens of thousands of cheering fans pack the bleachers of Rio de Janeiro’s Sambadrome to see the first night of the top samba schools’ Carnival parades in Brazil. #carnival #brazil #live #riodejaneiro ...

BARCELONA, Spain--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Digital Samba S.L. has announced that its award-winning video conferencing platform for meetings, webinars, team collaboration, and education - Samba Live, has ...

The 26-year-old native of Cidade de Deus (City of God) is the “Queen of The Drum” and principal dancer and instructor at Paraíso do Tuiuti. Mayara’s edgy skill as a passista (dancer in Portuguese) has ...

Bola Sete's Samba in Seattle: Live at the Penthouse, 1966-1968, a 3-CD set of previously unreleased live recordings. Available worldwide December 3, 2021 via Tompkins Square.

Queensland University of Technology provides funding as a member of The Conversation AU. All eyes are on Brazil and its vibrant culture, with the FIFA World Cup now into its third week and Rio de ...