CONCORD, Calif. -- Feel the beat of the drums during an educational workshop set to the sounds of Samba music. House of Samba Kids is an interactive workshop that uses instruments and dance to capture ...

RIO DE JANEIRO — At a classical orchestra, a conductor’s raised hands often means the start of a performance. Tracing shapes in the air could point to how each beat must come. And one’s free fingers ...

This article was produced by National Geographic Traveller (UK). In the shuffling rhythms of samba, in its defiance and energy and lust for life, lies the soul of Rio de Janeiro. Samba is heard ...

Hampshire based Batala Portsmouth are a samba-reggae percussion band playing authentic afro brazilian samba-reggae music. Founded in 2001 by Paulo Garcia, a visiting Brazilian student, Batala ...

THEY have already taken their samba beats to community events across Edinburgh. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, you can get unlimited access to the website including our ...

The latest craze in employee training gives new meaning to Todd Rundgren’s rock lyric, “I don’t want to work, just want to bang on the drum all day.” Because of all the recent corporate downsizing and ...

COSTA DO SAUIPE, Brazil (Reuters) - FIFA has banned samba drums from Brazil's World Cup stadiums but even though local authorities are not happy about it they say it will not diminish the atmosphere ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — At a classical orchestra, a conductor’s raised hands often means the start of a performance. Tracing shapes in the air could point to how each beat must come. And one’s free ...

Subtle hand signs coordinate the hundreds of pounding drummers in each of Rio de Janeiro’s glitzy Carnival parades. RIO DE JANEIRO — At a classical orchestra, a conductor's raised hands often means ...