Category Archives: samba

Mas, que nada – Travelling Through Music

Posted on January 7, 2018 by agogo22

https://open.spotify.com/embed/track/0t2jccjgxM6ZuwbMVHVJ6y How two seemingly unrelated albums in my record collection can be linked together by an obscure Brazilian album from 1953. via Mas, que nada — Traveling Through Music

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A bit of Afoxé at Manchester Day

Posted on August 16, 2017 by agogo22

We spent a couple of months constructing the costumes and rebuilding the float for our part in this year’s annual celebration of the culture of Manchester  and you can get a flavour of the wonderful sunny day it was from the … Continue reading →

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“Samba, Samba” – Tales From the Lens

Posted on May 14, 2017 by agogo22

Encarnacion has nothing to envy Rio. The paraguayan carnival is much noisier and offers more skin than Rio… according to us it is also much more affordable and less touristy. Source: “Samba, Samba” – Tales From the Lens

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Samba – The rhythm of a nation «

Posted on May 3, 2017 by agogo22

The key facts that turned an expression of slaves into the most popular music genre of Brazil…. Source: Samba – The rhythm of a nation «

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Bloco X Vienna – YouTube

Posted on March 26, 2017 by agogo22

  Ah nostalgia (we used to do this on the London underground on the way to Notting Hill Carnival in the 90s)!!

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Thalia Santos – Carreteiro do Tamborim

Posted on February 18, 2017 by agogo22
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