João Gomes now has over 16.5 million followers. With his charisma and numerous collaborations, the artist is no longer seen ...

Today is the final day of the massive Carnival in Rio de Janiero, Brazil. Samba is that festival's native sound, but the music can be heard in Brazil for the entire year. Tom Moon went to Rio before ...

Lucy Duran travels to the Rocinha slum area in Rio, where she visits a music school where children are taught to sing and play samba. She also meets samba star Mart'nalia. Show more As part of series ...

The banner on the back wall of the old dance hall says in Portuguese: “While there is dance, we still have hope.” There’s plenty of that as the crowd of Cariocas (Rio locals) shake hips and move their ...

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 ...

In Brazil, D.C.’s own go-go music is meeting the beats of samba and District landmarks that are being brought to life on the wall of a building. It’s part of a cultural exchange between D.C. and the ...

RIO DE JANEIRO — 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. This ...

The second day of parades in Rio de Janeiro's Sambódromo is to include the shows brought by another six top-ranking samba schools competing for a title in Rio's 2018 Carnival. Starting late tonight ...

A jeep bumps along a desolate dirt road in the arid countryside of Pernambuco, Brazil. The dry landscape, part of the nation’s poorest region, is a far cry from the romantic image that Americans have ...

In 1978 Larry Carlson released his incomparable record donning his name that was simply magnificent.