Levinson focuses on samba music, with an emphasis on the history and traditions behind its rise in Latin America. Levinson explains how samba started in a Brazilian favela called Estacio in the ...

carnaval is celebrated all over Brazil, usually in February. In terms of the music, samba involves a syncopation which creates a feeling of suspension, and this, as described by American cultural ...

where Kaurismaki traces the origins of samba to the music of the Fulni-o Indians, whose language and culture predate Brazil's Portuguese colonization. Still living much as their ancestors did ...

Blending samba with Brazil’s expanding casino industry introduces both potential and tension. Samba is more than ...

samba-de-roda, and forró, as well as more contemporary Afro-Bahian pop music. With a mix of Brazilian musical instruments and Portuguese-language singing, the ensemble performs a repertoire comprising ...

What started as informal backyard drum sessions bloomed into a musical village of percussionists. Miamibloco, a samba ...

We may earn a commission from links on this page. The United States isn’t the only country with a bad case of “blackface.” Brazil has its own version of blackface, and it is most often on ...

As Brazilian influence slowly seeped into the American mind, musicians began gradually experimenting with bossa nova and samba rhythms, but it wasn't until after the initiation of the Mutual and ...

began organizing meetups in 2017 in parks and backyards to teach friends how to play drums and traditional samba music. After spending time in Brazil, learning the unique variations of music among ...