A total of nine samba musical instruments, including the pandeiro (a type of hand frame drum), tam-tam (a percussion instrument, often referred to as a gong), cuíca (a type of friction drum), and ...

While it might seem like the humblest of instruments, the tambourine is actually among music’s most cosmopolitan percussion implements. Known by more than at least two dozen different names, from ...

When a group gathers around master griot (African storyteller) Ana do Coco, in the Novo Quilombo roda de coco circle in the town of Conde, Paraíba State, the music played has multiple influences. The ...