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Brazil has a reputation for its music. Just mentioning the country’s name can evoke images of samba bands and glittering dancers at Carnaval, or the swaying beat of "The Girl From Ipanema." But Brazil ...

Like the Junkyard Band in 2008 and Big Chief Monk Boudreaux in 2007, Rob Curto’s Forro For All turned out to be the smash-hit dance party of the 2009 American Folk Festival. Both sets the band played ...

Forro in the Dark gets its name from the Forro, a type of dance and music that's been popular in northeastern Brazil for more than 100 years. The style's traditional incarnation involves a three-piece ...

Forro in the Dark has brightened New York's downtown arts scene with its version of a Brazilian folkloric music largely unknown, even by many in Brazil. Mauro Refosco, the group's founder and ...

Moscow (Russia), Jan 01 (ANI) Latin American dancing is popular among Russians. and it is not just salsa, bachata, rumba, but also Brazilian forro.it was originally performed by labourers or farmers ...

Forro in the Dark showed a small but energetic Monday evening crowd at the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage that there's more to the Brazilian songbook than just lush bossa nova. This New York ...

The seats for Rob Curto\'s Forro for All began to empty Friday night as people ran - not for the exits, but for the stage - as the group\'s infectious forro compelled all in attendance to grab the ...