Marcos Odara has been playing the conga drums for 39 years and teaching for the last 20. Odara hails from Salvador da Bahia, Brazil and now calls Oakland home. The drum master teaches Brazilian ...

Samba can’t be learned from a textbook alone. Brazil’s musical tradition is best understood first-hand and up close — close enough to feel the drumbeat reverberate inside you. “ It's like an ocean of ...

The distance between China and Brazil maybe great, but that, hasn't stopped the Brazilian dance and music culture from trickling its way into the middle Kingdom. Here's Nillah Nyakoa as she takes a ...