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 ...

While studying contemporary classical music at Manhattan School of Music in the late ’90s, Greg Beyer, who was playing a lot of jazz at the time, made the pilgrimage to Drummers World. “It was kind of ...

This week on Global Notes…we reach into the archives and bring you the sounds of the cuica. The cuica is a Brazilian percussion instrument thought by some to have originated in Africa and brought to ...

3 Capoeira, Love and Resistance Hit the Stage in Gilberto Gil’s Tropicália Anthem DOMINGO NO PARQUE "A música é um elemento vital nesta produção. A percussão corporal nos permite contar a história de ...