Ronaldinho is a huge fan of music — well, he is a huge fan of being in nightclubs where music is being played until the early hours — so his inevitable melodious debut is finally with us. The Atletico ...

PUPILS were swaying to a samba rhythm as a taste of South American music came to school. Youngsters at Queen Mary's School, in Topcliffe, near Thirsk, enjoyed a samba music day. They learnt how to ...

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 continually evolving relationship between American jazz and Brazilian music is firm proof that the power of influence often travels in two directions. Todd Barkan's liner notes for Jive Samba ...

Mexican-born bassist Gabriel Espinosa and German-born harmonica specialist Hendrik Meurkens—though coming from vastly different backgrounds—have always had a common passion for the bossa nova and the ...

Martinho da Vila (born February 12, 1938) is a Brazilian singer and composer who is considered to be one of the main representatives of samba and MPB. He is a prolific songwriter, with hundreds of ...

2 FIM DE PARTIDA (Endgame) Returns: Marco Nanini Stars in Beckett Masterpiece at Teatro Paulo Autran The musical portrays the life and times of Brazilian singer-songwriter Ivone Lara da Costa, better ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On the new Rota do Samba, musicians tell stories through song. Photograph by Dan Stables This article was produced by National ...