Benito di Paula, the pianist-singer behind "Retalhos de Cetim," died Oct. 18 at 84. His legacy and Brazil's charged election week explained.

Beth Carvalho, a singer nicknamed “godmother of samba” in Brazil — died April 30 in Rio de Janeiro. She was 72. With her exuberant and smoky voice, she filled soccer stadiums with her followers, ...

Brazilian-American musician Beto Gonzalez was too young to understand the country around him when his family returned to Brazil in the 1970s. It was only as he grew older, after coming back to the ...

The 26-year-old native of Cidade de Deus (City of God) is the “Queen of The Drum” and principal dancer and instructor at Paraíso do Tuiuti. Mayara’s edgy skill as a passista (dancer in Portuguese) has ...

Jessica Hahn-Chaplin smiles for cameras while wearing the beautiful yellow clothing and high heel shoes of passista samba dancers. She is in Rio de Janeiro to study the techniques of passistas through ...

Elza Soares, the prolific Brazilian singer who recorded 35 albums and opened the 2016 Olympics in Rio, died Thursday, according to an Instagram post shared on her official page. She was 91. According ...

A Los Angeles samba school brings a little taste of Brazil to the U.S., teaching the art of dance and percussion to anyone who wants to learn. This week, people around the world are celebrating the 40 ...

The wildest party of the year kicked off in Brazil this week, and the photos are absolutely stunning. Thousands have gathered in Sambadromes to watch dancers perform a mix of African and Brazilian ...

Elza Soares, one of the most revered singers in Brazilian samba music, died at her home in Rio de Janeiro on Thursday, aged 91. She died of natural causes, her press representative said in a statement ...

She won the title of "singer of the millennium" in a BBC London competition in 1999. By Associated Press Brazilian samba singer Elza Soares died in her Rio de Janeiro home on Thursday afternoon (Jan.