Drum queen Fabiola de Andrade from the Mocidade samba school smiles during Carnival celebrations at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Tuesday, March 4, 2025.

A series of free summer events is promising to liven up the holidays with hands-on activities for all ages. The Platform ...

BY MICHAEL WRIGHTThe former Southampton Town supervisor said this week that he feels like the current Town Board is trying to ...

What started as informal backyard drum sessions bloomed into a musical village of percussionists. Miamibloco, a samba percussion group, gathers musicians of all skill levels to build community and ...

Meanwhile, the samba drumming will be pushed up a notch by the presence of Brazilian master percussionists Boka Reis, from Salvador, Bahia; and Gustavo and Guilherme Oliveira, members of the ...

The Mocidade Independente samba school, one of Rio's most popular, has 240 drummers in its section. Based in the working-class Vila Vintem community, on the city's west side, Mocidade is known for ...

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 ...

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 ...

Not in a samba drum section; they’re drummers,” said Carlos Eduardo Oliveira, Mocidade’s drum master for 14 years, known as “Mestre Dudu. ...