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

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.

Every Monday at Magic 13 Brewery, about an hour before rehearsal, members of Miamibloco walk back and forth from a parked U-Haul, unloading countless drums and arranging them in front of the stage.

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. ...

But for many samba fanatics, drums are the beating heart of the party. And the maestro’s hand swings, flicks, twists and pointing transform potential cacophony into transcendent synchrony.

But for many samba fanatics, drums are the beating heart of the party. And the maestro’s hand swings, flicks, twists and pointing transform potential cacophony into transcendent synchrony.