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 ...

A writer struggled with being present. This Brazilian drum helped her pay attention. By Carolina Abbott Galvão Earlier this year, Paul Simon’s “Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard” came on at a party ...

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 ...