Brazil has a reputation for its music. Just mentioning the country’s name can evoke images of samba bands and glittering dancers at Carnaval, or the swaying beat of "The Girl From Ipanema." But Brazil ...

But Brazil ’s musical culture extends far beyond one genre. Samba, tropicália, axé, forró, electronic music, and more make ...

Most of the members of Forro in the Dark hail from Brazil, home of the forro music from which the group derives its name. Though they are purveyors of the Northern Brazilian country rhythms, these ...

Forro in the Dark is a band that brings not just the heat of Brazil to crowded, pulsing nightclubs — it brings the heart. A group of five Brazilians and one American put their rhythmic spin on forro, ...

Gilberto Gil, one of the all-time greatest Brazilian musicians, is coming to LA Tuesday, October 23rd, for an all-forró show. Forró is country party music from northeastern Brazil in the state of ...

For a variety of reasons, Latin American proponents of music from the native lands often pretend that race and class aren’t relevant when it comes to music. But listen to the rhythms and the lyrics of ...

The music and dancing of Brazil — samba, bossa nova, sultry Brazilian jazz — are known worldwide for being hip-shakingly sensual. But forró (pronounced fo-ho), a music/ dance combination from ...

The last time Mauro Refosco was seen in Northampton, the extraordinary Brazilian percussionist was pounding out rhythms for David Byrne at his Calvin Theater dance party. Tomorrow night, he returns to ...