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 ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Brazilian samba singer Elza Soares died in her Rio de Janeiro home on Thursday afternoon, family members said on the artist's official Instagram account. She was 91. The singer ...

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 ...

Monday nights feel like Saturdays in Rio's Little Africa neighborhood when the sun sets and the samba starts to play. Surrounded by a mostly young crowd, seven musicians sit around a table with the ...

ALBANY – July 21st, Lark Hall is set to host enigmatic singer-songwriter Joe Samba. Blending genres of reggae and rock ‘n’ roll, Samba’s music and energy appeals to a wide variety of folks, making for ...

Most people who follow music have at least heard of tropicalia, the genre-blending Brazilian pop style that enjoyed a new surge of popularity in the States and Europe upon its 30th anniversary, in ...

To call Brazilian samba legend Elza Soares' story "rags to riches" would be reductive—she grew up in one of Rio de Janeiro's poorest favelas. Elsa Soarez at The Town Hall on Friday, May 19. Justin ...