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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Every Wednesday afternoon, Morning Shift Host Tony Sarabia joins our colleagues at Worldview to talk about something that’s near and dear to his heart: Music from around the globe. The segment is ...

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 ...

The United States has had a long love affair with Brazilian music from Carmen Miranda in the 1940s... (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "CHICA CHICA BOOM CHIC") MIRANDA: (Singing) A'chic, a'chic, a'chica boom.

This year is the 60th anniversary of the cool beat of bossa nova. What could that possibly have to do with the D.C. area? Well, it turns out that the album “Jazz Samba,” which introduced to the world ...

Trinity College will host the 14th Samba Fest on April 23, with a lineup of guest artists from Brazil and other musicians entertaining the public from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on the campus’ Jacobs Life ...

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One afternoon in 1962, lyricist Vinícius de Moraes and composer Antônio Carlos “Tom” Jobim were sitting at Bar Veloso, in Rio de Janeiro, when they recognized a woman walking by. The two men were so ...