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 ...

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 ...

At just 23 years old, João Gomes has captured Brazil’s heart — and proved it during a free concert for 80,000 people at the ...

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 ...

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 ...

RIO DE JANEIRO — 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 the ...

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 ...

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