Salvador, Brazil – Maybe more than who won or lost, the 2010 World Cup in South Africa will be remembered for one thing: The vuvuzela. The long, plastic horn became the soundtrack for every game ...

This year's official noisemaker will annoy everyone, but it doesn't exactly announce enough delight to be truly ... fun After the US won its World Cup match against Ghana on Monday night, my ...

The caxirola is this year's official World Cup instrument, invented by composer-percussionist Carlinhos Brown. Watch him play Brazil's national anthem. SÃO PAULO—It has been likened to a hand grenade ...

Brazil's caxirola - a bead filled plastic instrument - was meant to be the sound of the 2014 World Cup, but the colourful noisemaker has been banned from all World Cup stadiums. Created by popular ...

Although the 2010 World Cup saw its fair share of breakout stars, nothing stole the show quite like the vuvuzela. The infernal buzzing of the South African horns was loud enough to cause hearing loss, ...

May 3, 2013— -- To the dismay of many and the joy of some, the horn-like drone of the vuvuzelas served as the soundtrack to the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. The African instrument became a ...

There are many things an average FIFA World Cup fan will hear: the roar of the crowd, fans shouting their agreement and disagreement in seemingly indistinguishable languages, the crunch of cleats on ...

SAO PAULO – The 2014 World Cup has an answer to the infernal vuvuzela that tortured eardrums four years ago – and it has somehow managed to become even more controversial than its droning predecessor.

Perhaps you recall the vuvuzela, the plastic horn that provided the buzzy soundtrack for the 2010 World Cup? Well, next year’s World Cup in Brazil has a new signature instrument, and thankfully, ...

Making a whooshing percussion sound that's both characteristic of bossa nova and reminiscent of Amazonian rainfall, the caxirola—Brazil’s 2014 World Cup instrument—was initially given the seal of ...

Last year I wrote about how FIFA and Brazil's Ministry of Sport introduced the caxirola, a toy made from recycled plastic that rattles and can be banged together. I wondered at the time, how is this ...