By Eimear Cotter THE DRUM-beat of over two dozen samba drums resounded around a Swords primary school when a Drogheda-based percussionist visited recently. Brazilian music enthusiast and samba ...

RIO DE JANEIRO — 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 free fingers ...

The Latin beat of the samba drum will echo through the streets of Drogheda this weekend as the town comes alive with the arrival of the Samba Festival 2006.The feast of Brazilian and Latin sounds, ...

The drum section plays throughout a school’s entire parade, lasting between 70 and 80 minutes, striving to lose neither tempo nor flair. Carnival judges score parades on a 10-point scale for various ...

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 free ...