The Brazilian Beat

Epi 114 Jonathan Hernandez Padua Dianna Ramirez & Courtney Danley Download 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...

Epi 113 Diego Oliveira Courtney Danley & Dianna Ramirez Download 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 h...

Robert Lopez Epi 112 Robert Lopez Dianna Ramirez & Courtney Danley Download 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...

Epi 111 Mestre Guilherme & Mestre Gustavo of Acadêmicos do Salgueiro Courtney Danley & Dianna Ramirez Download 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 Oliv...

Sabrina Ginga of Salgueiro Samba School and Mestre Curtis of Casa Samba Sabrina Ginga & Mestre Curtis partnership between Acadêmicos do Salgueiro & Casa Samba Dianna Ramirez & Courtney Danley Download 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’ l...

Photo by Nelson Malfacini www.instagram.com/nelsonmalfacini/ Epi 109 Gustavo Perez aka Nômade Courtney Danley & Dianna Ramirez Download 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 pla...

Epi 208 Silvia Manrique Dianna Ramirez & Courtney Danley Download 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...

Epi 107 Mestra Laísa Lima Dianna Ramirez & Courtney Danley Download 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 si...

Renan Gohan tells us about growing up playing samba and being a director at Imperatriz today. We talk about what Imperatriz's win means for the community, what makes Mestre Lolo such a good mestre, his feelings the day of the apuração and so much more.

Epi 105 Carnaval 2023 Silvia Manrique/Dianna Ramirez/Courtney Danley

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 de Nilópolis and to fulfill his childhood dream to...

Epi 103 Gabriel Policarpo Courtney Danley & Dianna Ramirez Download 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...

Seyi Ajeigbe, founder of Eko Samba Emmanuel Offe, Musical Director of Ékò Samba. Epi 102 Ékò Samba in Lagos, Nigeria. Seyi Ajeigbe and Emmanuel Offe Courtney Danley & Dianna Ramirez Download 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...

Photo credit Eric Crawford. Dennis on the left. Rich on the bike. Epi 101 California Brazil Camp, Dennis Broughton and Rich Rice Dianna Ramirez & Courtney Danley Download 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 Bro...

Epi 100 Waguinho do Repique Courtney Danley & Dianna Ramirez Download 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...

Brian tells us about creating Miami Bloco, performing and recording with PRD Mais, writing a doctoral essay on Marcos Suzano and traveling to Brazil more than 30 times.

Epi 98 Andrew Hartzell, Samba Savannah Courtney Danley & Dianna Ramirez Download 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 comm...

Epi 97 Jhones Thuram, Director & Repique de Bossa Courtney Danley & Dianna Ramirez Download 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 Viradou...

Epi 96 Çağrı Yüce, Istanbul School of Samba Dianna Ramirez & Courtney Danley 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...

Epi 95 Aninha Malandro (Ana Laidley), International Samba Congress Dianna Ramirez & Courtney Danley Download 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...

Mestre of Vila Isabel Bateria, Mestre Macaco Branco. Epi 94 Mestre Macaco Branco Courtney Danley & Dianna Ramirez Download 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...

Epi 93 Ritmo Solidário, China do Estácio Dianna Ramirez & Courtney Danley Download 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...

Photo by Luiza Grob dos Santos Epi 91 Jovino Santos Neto Dianna Ramirez & Courtney Danley Download 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...

Renato Lage tells us about starting a group, Samba Houston, during the pandemic with the help from Batuque Digital.

Epi 90 Juliana Cantarelli Vita Dianna Ramirez & Courtney Danley Download 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,...