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Microfundo Does Music Keep Us Young?

Marcus Santos & Bloco Afro Brazil at the 13th Brazilian Independence Day Celebration in Boston. I was glancing through the music blogoshpere and came across a post by NPR blogger,… Continue

Added by Microfundo on September 8, 2008 at 10:00am — 2 Comments

Microfundo Samba Tremeterra Live at Sound Session in Providence

On the 12th of July the group Samba Tremeterra performed at Sound Session - the genre defying music festival in Providence Rhode Island. I was there with my video camera to capture their set on the main stage before many thousands. I managed to catch the entire set of Tremeterra's dancers performing in the street!! I was really surprised and impressed by the Sound Session Festival scene in Providence. This was… Continue

Added by Microfundo on September 3, 2008 at 1:30pm — No Comments

Kenny Kozol Você é meu Broder! - The adventure continues in Salvador, Bahia!

Kenny e Mestre Martinho da Cuíca It´s hard to describe in words the wonder of Bahia. There is music everywhere, people walk and talk with a certain mellow swing that is like no other, the history within the walls of the oldest buildings in the oldest city in Brazil and the tradi… Continue

Added by Kenny Kozol on July 22, 2008 at 7:30pm — 4 Comments

Microfundo Por que estou sentada? -- What the hell am I doing sitting down?

Dona Didi Dancing Samba In The Streets of Santa Teresa, Rio de Janeiro, June 29, 2008

As I write from my friend Wesley´s 8th story apartment in the Gloria neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro listening to a CD of samba canção, I am embarking on a number of new adventur… Continue

Added by Microfundo on July 2, 2008 at 10:30am — 1 Comment

Rio Samba Dance Samba Dance Workshop in Cambridge

Time to samba!!!!!!! Hello everybody! It's time to get ready for the next Samba Dance Workshop! Danielle Lima is coming up from New York to show us how tho shake it! I have taken classes with her in New York and she is fantastic! Please check out the details below and sign up ASAP.… Continue

Added by Rio Samba Dance on March 20, 2008 at 9:30pm — No Comments

Estrela Brilhante Estrela Brilhante - 100 Years of using music to build community in the favelas of Recife, Brazil

Maracatu is the northern Brasil version of Samba -- but a very different rhythm. The main instrument is a large wooden drum. The Nação Maracatu Estrela Brilhante, led by Mestre Walter and the queen Dona Ma… Continue

Added by Estrela Brilhante on March 19, 2008 at 9:00pm — No Comments

Rio Samba Dance The Dancers & Drummers of Samba Tremeterra

Samba Tremeterra is a bateria formed by the Brazilian Cultural Center of New England. The BCCNE is dedicated to the promotion, preservation and advancement of Brazilian culture, especially Afro-Brazilian culture and the performing arts. The Center

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Added by Rio Samba Dance on March 19, 2008 at 9:00pm — No Comments

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