An ongoing BBC Four series, Brasil, Brasil, tracks the evolution of Brazilian music, from samba to forró to bossa nova to tropicalia to AfroReggae. Almost all of these traditions intersect with football.

Writes Eduardo Galeano of the new collection from University of Nebraska Press, The Global Game: Writers on Soccer, "At the end, soccer believers will confirm ... that they have never been alone. And pagans will be converted." Go to website »
