There's new music coming out of the favelas — the slums — of Rio de Janeiro. It may sound a little like funk or hip-hop but it's rooted in Brazil's more traditional beats: samba and bossa nova ...

In the 1960s, Veloso and friends such as Gilberto Gil took traditional Brazilian music and the Bossa Nova sound of Veloso's hero, Koao Gilberto, added poetic and musical influences from far and ...

Bossa nova fingerpicking, samba strumming, and funk-pop grooves, this tutorial will elevate your guitar skills to the next ...

Mateus Picanco Lima Gomes ’18 grew up playing music in Brazil. When he was 11, he learned to strum the four-stringed cavaquinho. But as time went on, his interest in traditional Brazilian music waned, ...

Music Features Challenging traditional sertanejo, Brazil's Gabeu creates space for queer love songs September 26, 20226:01 AM ET By Carolina Abbott Galvão ...

The “Best of Brazil” comes to the South Bay, when the Hammer Theatre Centerpresents an intimate rooftop concert by Claudia Villela, Guinga and Proveta on September 8, as part of its ...