Every samba school must have a song that is repeatedly ... If Tijuca wins, Anitta will join a small group of top Brazilian music writers who have made it with the demanding fanatics of one of ...

The film’s smooth soundtrack feeds into foreigners’ imagination of Brazil as a country where samba and bossa nova bands croon jazzy songs on sandy boardwalks. But this image is out of date.

Heritage pride in the samba schools of Rio de Janeiro is just one important symbol of a 3,000-plus-word legacy that is still ...

About 100 dogs happily wagged their tails to samba music while socialising at the Blocao street party. The event drew around ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Anitta has become a pop music sensation in her native ... on the new challenge of joining some of Brazil’s most traditional samba artists as a songwriter for a Carnival ...