This timeline includes some of the most notable fusion albums and artists since the 1960s ... The bossa nova rhythm is the basis for this music genre. In Samba Em Prelúdio, the rhythm is not ...

At the time, Brazil was undergoing a major transformation, and the Carioca neighbourhoods became cultural melting pots where Afro-Brazilian music came to life. Samba, the main musical genre ...

Knight portrays Monty “Sugarloaf” Mattachine, the band’s cartoonish frontman known for his irresistible sensuality, while ...

It’s bossa nova and samba, but so much more — funky, soulful and esoteric. Listen to these songs chosen by Joyce Moreno, Marcos Valle, Amaro Freitas and more lovers of Brazilian rhythms.

(SOUNDBITE OF ROGE SONG, "100% SAMBA") WILL HERMES, BYLINE: He was born Roger Jose Cury in Rio de Janeiro. Curyman is his nickname, and his new album is Chapter 2 in a trilogy about Roge himself ...