The six highest-scoring samba schools from Rio’s Carnival returned to the Sambadrome for a final parade, dazzling spectators ...

The famed Carnival in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, is in full swing, as the extravaganza culminates in parades featuring top samba ...

“Popular Brazilian music was not only a set of historical events ... the role of the Communist and Trotskyite left , which enhanced the black, African samba.” Things can end well, in a samba.

Superstar Anitta has won over pop music fans in Brazil and abroad, even more so since she added English and Spanish singing ...

Afrobeat is a style of music from Nigeria, in West Africa. Afrobeat is a mix of music ... down and side-to-side to make different sounds. Samba is performed in street carnival celebrations.

the music - in large part because of its African roots. That's the message one of Rio de Janeiro's famous samba schools is delivering at this weekend's official Carnival parade, as NPR's Carrie ...

Modern Brazil is what it is today - the foods, the religious traditions, and, of course, the music - in large part because of its African roots. That's the message one of Rio de Janeiro's famous samba ...