At the time, Brazil was undergoing a major transformation, and the Carioca neighbourhoods became cultural melting pots where Afro-Brazilian music came to life. Samba, the main musical genre ...

It's a fun style of music with lots of energy. A shekere is a percussion instrument that you play by shaking it. You move it up and down and side-to-side to make different sounds. Samba is ...

“This was the first time in the history of samba – and, perhaps, even in the history of Brazilian popular music – when an explicit call to action, directed exclusively at Negroes, had been included in ...

Pool Academy, part of Athena Learning Trust, has announced the formation of its new samba band. The band will be led by Joey Holmes, a visiting music teacher with experience in running samba bands. He ...