evolving in the rodas de samba, informal street gatherings all about music and dance; the first sambas were marked by improvised percussion and powerful vocals, carrying songs of freedom ...

It was the guitar and song magic of Baden Powell with its mysterious metric ... dividing his time between New York and Rio de Janeiro. No Balanço do Choro-Samba (In the Swing of Choro-Samba) is Guerra ...

Guitar slung low, microphone turned up, and emotion overflowing, Joe Samba taps into rock ‘n’ roll spirit and ... m singing about or just cut loose for a little bit. I just write songs and try to ...