Capoeira is an Afro-Brazilian martial art practiced by 8 million people worldwide. We visited a central Ohio class.

then came to Brazil with Angolan slaves. What started as a hunter’s bow in prehistoric Africa has wound up as a musical instrument in Brazil. The berimbau is difficult to play (I’ve tried). It ...

He is president of Brazil Music Assn ... sell, service or play musical instruments,” Sumner said. Yamaha will display some of its latest instruments and music-related products across 15,000 ...

Each instrument seems to be telling a different ... Back in college, when I first fell in love with Brazilian music, I would enthusiastically assert to anyone who got me started that “Águas ...

As Brazilian gospel music’s popularity soars ... and attended churches where they first learned to sing or play a musical instrument. Some denominations, such as the Assemblies of God ...

The joyful music that melds Afro-Brazilian percussion instrument’s dynamic dance rhythms and grooves with European classical melodies and familiar styles such as the polka, waltz and other forms ...

It’s amazing to me how the language mimics the percussive instruments ... Renaissance' tour Among the most ardent fans of music from Brazil is Sepulveda’s fellow vocalist on Monday ...

Heitor Villa-Lobos (classical music) Born in 1887 in Rio de Janeiro, Heitor Villa-Lobos is one of Brazil’s greatest composers of all time.His classical music draws inspiration from Brazilian ...

The European Union is facing pressure from Brazil to delay implementing new regulations into its deforestation law. The EU is planning to put the rules in place on 30 December this year - but ...

Sertanejo artist Alex Ronaldo created a stream farm as a side hustle, but "everything is bought and paid for here," says one music manager. By Alexei Barrionuevo GOIÂNIA, Brazil — As the global ...

Playing classical, jazz and Brazilian music; it’s like something that ... I started learning the melodies and singing them without an instrument. For about 1 year I was doing this work and ...

It took time for classical orchestras to discover the sounds of Brazilian music. Trailblazer Heitor Villa-Lobos led the way – bringing the instruments, rhythms and melodies of his home ...