I bought a caxirola the other day. This is the official noisemaker for the 2014 World Cup games hosted in Brazil. Alas, they've already been banned from the games because supposedly they can be hurled ...

Brazil loves to dance, and it’s only natural that their representatives at the World Cup would dance as well. Richarlison’s signature Dança do Pombo, Paqueta’s fancy footwork, and Vinicius’ hip shakes ...

No Seleção watch party is complete without a little samba, carnival, and football fever. When Brazil plays, it is never just about football. Every match feels like a celebration of music, dance, and ...

Another look at the life and career of a superstar musician, poet, filmmaker and activist whose work has affected more than a generation of Brazilian and international fans. Now, singing the story of ...

View of Rio de Janeiro. Photo by sandeepachetan.com (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) via Flickr With the summer Olympics in full swing, I wanted to highlight two great songs about the country as well as the carioca ...

It’s bossa nova and samba, but so much more — funky, soulful and esoteric. Listen to these songs chosen by Joyce Moreno, Marcos Valle, Amaro Freitas and more lovers of Brazilian rhythms. Credit ...

As Brazilian gospel music’s popularity soars, artists with little Christian background are releasing worship songs. Does it matter why? “Dwell in me, Jesus,” sings Ana Castela in “Agradeço” (I Thank ...

Colonel Mustard & The Dijon 5 have teamed up with a community samba band, Samba Ya Bamba, for a song celebrating the links between Scottish ...

The Brazilian pop singer shared her gratitude for the athlete using a remixed a live version of her 2014 song "Movimento da Sanfoninha" during her routine Dia Dipasupil/Getty; Alex Gottschalk/DeFodi ...

A decade back, Clarissa Campolina burst on the filmmaking scene co-directing with Helvecio Marins Jr. “Swirl” (“Girimunho”), a portrait of an elderly faith healer on Brazil’s arid highlands and the ...