Promotes multicultural dissemination between both countries, Mexico and Brazil, through musical dissemination. Expressing our art through samba school bateria originating in Rio De Janeiro with young Mexicans, incorporating our roots and Mexican culture, taking the concept of Day of the Dead traditions as a way of showing our culture, carrying with…

Diego de Oliveira was Born and raised in Nilópolis. Since he was very young, Diego has lived in the world of samba. He has been a Mestre sala, was part of the Kids bateria and is currently a bateria director at the Beija-Flor samba school in Nilópolis. In the late 90s and early 2000s, he paraded as a passista. In 2003, it was his first year as Mest…

Robert Lopez Bio: Robert Lopez is a percussionist and educator based in the San Francisco Bay Area. His background in various types of music such as folkloric traditions of Brazil, Ghana and Cuba, alongside contemporary chamber music and free improvisation, allow him to maintain a malleable approach to sharing musical ideas. He holds a Bachelors of…

Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/bjuRxPEnvOM We are running a fundraiser for a software purchase, Zoom, Adobe Suite and our annual website fees. Support the podcast click below. Support our work Bio: Mestres of Acadêmicos do Salgueiro Bateria Furiosa. Guilherme Oliveira and Gustavo Oliveira are local to Salgueiro having been raised on the same st…

Sabrina Ginga of Salgueiro Samba School and Mestre Curtis of Casa Samba We are running a fundraiser for a software purchase, Zoom, Adobe Suite and our annual website fees. Support the podcast click below. Click here to support us! Watch the episode here! Mestre Curtis’ letter that he wrote over 3 decades ago and was finally able to deliver to Sabri…

Photo by Nelson Malfacini www.instagram.com/nelsonmalfacini/ Gustavo Perez, nicknamed Nômade, is originally from São Paulo, where he originally learned to play samba. He played with many samba schools as a youth. He eventually moved to Rio where he joined the samba scene and built quite a reputation as a killer tamborim player. He is the tamborim d…

Bio: About Silvia Manrique Silvia Manrique is a Chicago-based Brazilian and Latin Jazz vocalist. She has performed at respected venues and festivals like the Old Town School of Folk Music, the Logan Square Arts Festival, the Chicago World Music Festival, the Chicago Latino Film Festival and the Millennium Park Summer Music festival at the beautiful…

Bio: Laísa Lima was born into samba, as the daughter of samba legend, Laíla, and samba performer Elaine, and granddaughter of ala director, Jurema. She grew up seeing her family take part in Carnaval, and wanted to be a part of it. It is only natural that she continues this family legacy. She has been involved in Carnaval since she was eight years …

Bio: Renan Gohan Started in samba at the age of 13 with Barriga, a bloco in Cordovil, the neighborhood where he was raised. At 15 he became part of the bateria and has played in baterias ever since. He began at Imperatriz Leopodinense in 2006 as a percussionist on caixa. In 2008 he moved to third surdo, and in 2009 he was invited to be a bateria di…

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Bio: Michel Silva Barros He started in the samba world as a kid going with his father to samba schools in Nova Iguaçu, his home city on the outskirts of Rio. His debuted in samba schools was in 2001, parading for the Leão de Nova Iguaçu, in the grupo acesso À, at the age of 7 and remained there until 2005, when he left to, to be part of Beija Flor …

Bio: A reference in the samba world, the musician, arranger and educator, Gabriel Policarpo, stands out for his creative and virtuosic way of playing the repique. At the age of 13, he joined the school in his neighborhood in Niterói, G.R.E.S Unidos do Viradouro, and soon took the place of 1st repique and soloist of the school. In 2015 he composed t…

Seyi Ajeigbe, founder of Eko Samba Emmanuel Offe, Musical Director of Ékò Samba. Bios: Seyi Ajeigbe, founder of Eko Samba community, is a British born Nigerian musician with over 15 years of experience in public/community carnival arts and musical presentations. After discovering Samba in London in 2004, Seyi spent the next 6 years learning, playin…

Photo credit Eric Crawford. Dennis on the left. Rich on the bike. After two long years, we are excited to say that we will be going back to our Happy Place this summer, California Brazil Camp! And to catch up on CBC, we’ve invited our friends, the directors of California Brazil Camp, Dennis Broughton and Rich Rice, to chat with us on this episode. …

Support Ritmo Solidário Help feed and support Samba School bateria players during the pandemic. PayPal Website Use address: chiinabadalo@gmail.com Bio: Wagner Silva, better known as Waguinho do Repique, is the son of two giants in Rio Samba. His father is Mestre Cosme and his Mother: Celinha who was a Samba interpreter and 1st woman to be a directo…

Support Ritmo Solidário Help feed and support Samba School bateria players during the pandemic. PayPal Website Use address: chiinabadalo@gmail.com Bio: Brian Potts is a versatile performer and dedicated educator with a passion for Brazilian percussion. Under the tutelage of Dr. Ney Rosauro at the University of Miami, he became enamored with the sou…

Support Ritmo Solidário Help feed and support Samba School bateria players during the pandemic. PayPal Website Use address: chiinabadalo@gmail.com Drums and gear from Brazil. At GoSamba.net Bio: Andrew Hartzell is the musical director of Samba Savannah. Established in Savannah Georgia in 2013, Samba Savannah is a community-based educational organiz…

Support Ritmo Solidário Help feed and support Samba School bateria players during the pandemic. PayPal Website Use address: chiinabadalo@gmail.com Bio: Jhones is working as a bateria director for 3 of Rio’s samba schools; Imperatriz, Rocinha & Império da Tijuca, but he has previously directed at Viradouro and Cubango as well. He started his traject…

Support Ritmo Solidário Help feed and support Samba School bateria players during the pandemic. PayPal Website Use address: chiinabadalo@gmail.com Bio: Çağrı Yüce is co-director of Istanbul School of Samba. Çağrı has played with an array of influential musicians over the years, starting when he was in high school. For his college education, he move…

Support Ritmo Solidário Help feed and support Samba School bateria players during the pandemic. PayPal Website Use address: chiinabadalo@gmail.com Born and raised in Rio de Janeiro, Ana Carla Laidley (aka Aninha Malandro) was born into a family of sambistas; she is daughter of the talented Brazilian musician Carlinhos do Pandeiro and Ana Gomes, a s…

Mestre of Vila Isabel Bateria, Mestre Macaco Branco. Support Ritmo Solidário Help feed and support Samba School bateria players during the pandemic. PayPal Website Use address: chiinabadalo@gmail.com GoSamba.net Drums and gear imported from Brazil! Shop Now Bio: Mestre Macaco Branco, Anderson Andrade, is the Mestre de Bateria of Unidos de Vila Isab…

We check in with China do Estácio about how things are going with Ritmo Solidário. Organized by sambista China do Estácio Master Samba Composer from Estácio de Sá, the campaign has been mobilizing bateria Mestres from various Samba Schools with the aim of collecting supplies (food, cleaning and hygiene products) to help its members who are in a vul…

Photo by Luiza Grob dos Santos GoSamba.net Brazilian drums and gear. Shop Now Support Ritmo Solidário Help feed and support Samba School bateria players during the pandemic. PayPal Website Use address: chiinabadalo@gmail.com Bio: Three-time Latin Grammy nominee Jovino Santos Neto, a master pianist, composer and arranger, is among the top Brazilian …

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Support Ritmo Solidário Help feed and support Samba School bateria players during the pandemic. PayPal Website Use address: chiinabadalo@gmail.com Maracatu caixas available at GoSamba.net Bio: Juliana Cantarelli Vita is a Ph.D. Candidate in Music Education with an emphasis in Ethnomusicology at the University of Washington, and a member of The Orff…

Support Ritmo Solidário Help feed and support Samba School bateria players during the pandemic. PayPal Website Use address: chiinabadalo@gmail.com Drums, gear and accessories at GoSamba.net Bio: Originally from Barnegat, New Jersey, Joe Goglia has been living in Tempe, Arizona since 2002. Upon moving to Arizona, he completed his Bachelor of Music d…

Support Ritmo Solidário Help feed and support Samba School bateria players during the pandemic. PayPal Website Use address: chiinabadalo@gmail.com Bio: Claudio Santana is a percussionist from Pernambuco, Brazil, and enjoys mixing Brazilian influences with foreign influences obtained through his travels. Santana started his career with the intent to…

GoSamba.net Helping you annoy your neighbors since 2018! Bio: Clarice Cast is a multi percussionist from São Paulo, Brazil. She earned a Bachelor of Music from Northern Illinois University and a Masters in World Percussion from the California Institute of the Arts. She is an active performer, recording artist, and composer in Los Angeles, CA and is…

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Get your chocalho at GoSamba.net Chocalhos, straps, drums, and gear. Bio: Thayane Cantanhêde, is a percussion instructor and children’s musicalization teacher along with being a chocalho director in Rio's carnaval for over 10 years, and she is a reference when it comes to this instrument. In her history, she has collected several awards for her per…

China do Estácio with kits of food for the most vulnerable bateria members. Organized by sambista China do Estácio Master Samba Composer from Estácio de Sá, the campaign has been mobilizing bateria Mestres from various Samba Schools with the aim of collecting supplies (food, cleaning and hygiene products) to help its members who are in a vulnerable…

Brian Davis playing pandeiro. Drums and gear direct from Brazil. GoSamba.net Bio: Brian Lavern Davis was raised in Portland, Oregon, and his musical studies have taken him to India, Japan, New York, Puerto Rico, Turkey, Jamaica, and Brazil. His teachers include Jorge Alabe, Obo Addy, Yacub Addy, Jose Ricardo Santos; Ballet Folklorico do Bahia, Coli…

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Mestra Thais, in her director role at Rocinha Samba School Bio: Born and raised in the community of Rocinha, Thaís Rodrigues started in the samba world with G.R.E.S Academicos da Rocinha, where she is part of the directorship. She has played with samba schools such as Portela, Tuiuti, Imperatriz, among others. She is currently a percussionist at Vi…

Mestre Junior on the Avenida! Brazilian drums at GoSamba.net Bio: Mestre Junior started in Portela in 1997 and went through several samba schools such as the Grande Rio, Unidos da Tijuca, Mocidade Independente, Beija Flor, Viradouro among others He started as a director in the bloco badalo de Santa Teresa and from there he was a director in the nei…

Do you like us? Support the Podcast! For as little as $5 you can make this podcast happen. Buy your repique at GoSamba.net Samba instruments and gear! Check them out! Bio: Lucas Eduardo is a native of Sao Paulo Brazil, Lucas had his first contact with repinique in 2006 at the Escola de samba Só Vou Se Você For. At 11 years old, in 2007 Lucas went t…

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Samba drums, heads, gear at GoSamba.net Bio: Vincent Bonnet - French by nature, but Brazilian by soul. Drummer since 1995, having paraded in several schools. He loves samba school parades so much that he decided to leave France and move to Brazil! He has been recording samba school baterias for more than 15 years. Links: Zoom Recorder: This is the …

Repiques at GoSamba.net Shop Now Today’s guest is Caio Alexandre Gonze, our first pre-teen guest on the podcast! A native of Rio de Janeiro, 12 year-old Caio describes himself as a samba player with heart and soul. From a musical family, his parents encouraged his passion for percussion when they noticed his talent at 4 years old. At Viradouro samb…

Francisco Machado Bio: Curriculum My name is Francisco Machado and I am a professional and music lover. At 9 years old I had contact with the world of music in social projects for low-income young people. I am very grateful for that! My main instrument is the ganzá, an afro-indigenous rattle widely used in samba and other Brazilian rhythms. I studi…

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Rob Arcari Brazil Nut Agogo at GoSamba.net Bio: Melbourne based musician, Rob Arcari has been teaching percussion for the last 18 years throughout Europe and Australia. Rob specialises in both Afro-Brazilian and Afro-Cuban folkloric drums and percussion, with a special passion for the music from Rio’s samba schools. Originally from the UK, Rob play…