Episodios

  • Epi 114 Jonathan Hernandez Padua

    Epi 114 Jonathan Hernandez Padua
    Aug 9 2024

    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 great respect this tradition of our ancestors that makes us completely unique, represents and identifies us worldwide.

    Musically, Groove e Rimshot is a project directed and focused on the reorganization of the batucada concept in our country, taking the bases of a samba school drummer that is currently represented in the largest carnival in the world, in RdJ e SP.

    Our objective is to influence these Mexico based musical groups (batucadas) in our country with the good technique and rhythmic knowledge that have evolved over the years in Brazil. The primary task of the project is to make known all these musical transformations that continue to emerge so that in turn that they can develop rhythmically and musically to avoid that musical stagnation that has persisted in our country over the years.

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  • Epi 113 Diego Oliveira

    Epi 113 Diego Oliveira
    Jan 3 2024

    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 Mestre sala, he won a Estandarte de Ouro "revelation of carnival". In 2011, he joined the bateria of Beija-Flor, popularly known as "bateria soberana". The following year he began playing the REPIQUE MOR where he gained great prominence inside and outside of Brazil.

    In 2017, Diego wrote his first samba enredo. Unfortunately, he came second. But in 2018, he won the samba-enredo competition and Beija Flor ended up winning that year.

    In 2019, he won his second title in the samba-enredo competition. This year, Beija-Flor held the samba-enredo contest for the 2023 carnival and, once again, Diego and his partnership were the champions. In the year of (2021), he became a bateria director at Beija-Flor de Nilópolis.

    Currently, Diego has a WORKSHOP project called WORKSHOP TOQUE DE BAMBA. He takes this project to different countries outside of Brazil, the countries and states were: Spain, Turkey, Equatorial Guinea, Cape Verde, China, Argentina, Gabon, Portugal, France, Germany, Minas Gerais, São Paulo, Brasília etc. Its main objective is to show the culture of our country and make people feel closer to brazilian culture.

    Instagram
    https://www.instagram.com/diegooliveirard?igsh=OW0yYmZhbnB0bzAw&utm_source=qr

    Youtube
    https://youtube.com/@diegooliveira2311?si=E0ZZnXHR-lJxVSb8

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  • Epi 112 Robert Lopez

    Epi 112 Robert Lopez
    Dec 9 2023

    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 Music from Cal State University Long Beach and a Master of Fine Arts with an emphasis in Improvisation from Mills College. Since 2011, he has been an active member of the Bay Area music community working with groups SO AR, the Oakland Active Orchestra, Quattour Elephantis, Grex and Jordan Glenn’s BEAK among others. He has been a dance accompanist at Mills College, UC Berkeley, ODC and Sonoma State. Since 2014 he has maintained a close relationship with master drummer Jorge Alabê. This partnership has led to awards from the Fulbright US Student Program for projects “Cultural Transmission through the Music of Candomblé” (2022) and “Investigating the Language of Candomblé Drumming” (2020), a grant from the Alliance for California Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program (2018) and first-place in the Brazilian category with Grupo Samba Rio in San Francisco’s Carnaval (2018 and 2019). He currently teaches drum set and hand percussion at the San Francisco Community Music Center and the San Francisco Waldorf High School.

    Links:
    media - @bohbbylolo

    San Francisco Community Music Center - https://sfcmc.org/support/donate/

    Iuri Passos Master’s Thesis - https://repositorio.ufba.br/handle/ri/31383

    2020 Fulbright story - https://www.kqed.org/arts/13878162/how-coronavirus-derailed-a-fulbright-fellows-musicological-research-in-brazil

    FICA Studio in Oakland - https://www.ficaoakland.com/

    Silvia Manrique’s video:
    https://youtu.be/A7VVDJYX0gA?si=nmtq5Nh5uQDWiPDs

    Robert Lopez and Jorge Alabe

    Creative Encounters

    Freddie the Skinny pig!

    San Francisco Carnaval
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  • Epi 111 Mestre Guilherme & Mestre Gustavo from Acadêmicos do Salgueiro

    Epi 111 Mestre Guilherme & Mestre Gustavo from Acadêmicos do Salgueiro
    Nov 9 2023

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    Bio:

    Mestres of Acadêmicos do Salgueiro Bateria Furiosa. Guilherme Oliveira and Gustavo Oliveira are local to Salgueiro having been raised on the same street as the quadra, Rua Silva Teles, the brothers have always had strong roots with the school. The love for percussion arose through contact with the instruments at the escola mirim Aprendizes do Salgueiro.

    Since then, both have collected experiences in the musical world. Their curriculum is vast, the mestres have played with great artists, such as Ludmilla and Xamã. Their talent and love for the Samba School eventually led them to the role and responsibility of commanding Bateria Furiosa do Salgueiro.

    As mestres, they seek to immortalize a legacy. The two toured with the “Furiosa pelo mundo” project, where they took Salgueiro’s musical culture to other countries, passing through Europe and South America. They most recently visited us this past August at California Brazil camp.

    Links:

    Mestre Guilherme
    https://www.instagram.com/guilloliveira/

    Mestre Gustavo
    https://www.instagram.com/gustavoliveira_91/

    Acadêmicos do Salgueiro
    https://www.instagram.com/salgueirooriginal/

    https://www.facebook.com/salgueirooriginal
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  • Epi 110 Sabrina Ginga of Salgueiro and Mestre Curtis of Casa Samba

    Epi 110 Sabrina Ginga of Salgueiro and Mestre Curtis of Casa Samba
    Oct 25 2023
    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 Sabrina Ginga the Ambassador of Salgueiro Samba School! Sabrina Ginga Bio:Sabrina Ginga, 34 years old, is a Social Scientist, Movement Director, creator of digital content, impacting the world with her independent art and activism. She is a defender of human rights and her agenda involves gender and racial issues. Sabrina’s career includes participation in Heavy Baile in addition to years as a Funk Carioca and Afrovibe Danceworkout teacher. Recently, he shook global structures in her Ginga Tour Workshop, which was attended by more than 9 countries. Additionally, Sabrina also teaches group dynamics and Team Building activities in corporate environments. Recently awarded the title of Ambassador of Acadêmicos do Salgueiro, a traditional samba school in Rio de Janeiro. The position was created to create an international community, to build partnerships and build bridges to demonstrate the value and culture exchange created by samba schools. Links:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sabrinaginga/ Sabrina Ginga Mestre CurtisCheck out our first episode with Mestre Curtis Pierre Here Bio:Mestre Curtis can be classified as possibly the only American in the United States who has reached his level as a Master in Brasilian cultures meaning that he is the first person in this country to be recognized as a master of Capoeira the first original African martial art to leave Africa and a master of Brazilian percussion and the first to bring Master Brasilian teachers to New Orleans in the early ’90s. This is known by only a handful of people in the United States. Mestre Curtis has dedicated his life to his African roots of culture which he found in Brazil after 37 years ago.Mestre Curtis Pierre is the founder and director of Casa Samba, the first School of Samba in Louisiana and the Southern Region. Pierre is also known as "The Samba Man" of New Orleans. He has studied Brazilian music and dance for over 30 years. Casa Samba is located at 800 Race Street, New Orleans, LA 70130. The school offers: CapoeiraBrazilian percussionDanceCultureAfro-Brasilian dance and drum classesPierre also sponsors a community group called Samba Kids. Casa Samba's performances combine traditional music and vocals. The group is directed by Pierre and Brazilian master drummer, Jorge "Alabe" Bezerra. Links:Website: https://www.mestrecurtispierre.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/therealsambaman/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/curtis.pierre.18YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt2Mx-2m86bPUuLVvWl_yIA/about Check out Silvia Manrique’s new EP on Spotify!open.spotify.com/album/5qOYOPvLppzyujWGh0aDnU?si=-f4KLURHTMeVhk-nCC2GpQ
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  • Epi 109 Gustavo Perez aka Nômade

    Epi 109 Gustavo Perez aka Nômade
    Sep 14 2023

    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 director at the current carnaval champion Samba school, Imperatriz Leopoldinense.

    He also plays at many many other samba schools and music projects as well as teaches private lessons and runs a bloco in Copacabana.

    Links:

    Instagram

    Bloco Cultural Saideira

    Youtube video with Thalita Santos.

    Imperatriz Leopoldinense Samba School

    Photo by Nelson Malfacini www.instagram.com/nelsonmalfacini/

    Nômade and Courtney lining up with Imperatriz Leopoldinense before the parade of champions 2023.
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  • Epi 108 Silvia Manrique

    Epi 108 Silvia Manrique
    May 31 2023
    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 Pritzker Pavilion. In 2016, she participated in the album ‘Aquarela,’ a compilation of children’s songs arranged and produced by the incomparable Paulinho Garcia who says she “carries a song with mastery, both melodically and rhythmically.” Silvia is also plays percussion focused on the Brazilian tamborim, completing studies with Carnaval-style samba percussion masters like Mestre Ailton Nunes of the Mangueira Samba School, Dudu Fuentes of Monobloco and Bangalafumenga, Jorge Alabe and Mestre Jonas of Mocidade Independente. About Fabiana Cozza Fabiana Cozza has been heralded by critics and the public as a leading performer in contemporary Brazilian music. In September 2020, “Dos Santos” was born, her eighth and latest album, a contemporary work that is a tribute to the cultural universe of Brazilian Afro-native religions. In 2017, she published her first book of poems, Álbum Duplo, by the editor Pedra Papel Tesoura.Fabiana has taken Brazilian music to festivals in Israel, Germany, France, Canada, USA, Bulgaria, Chile, Spain, Portugal, Sweden, Cuba, Moçambique, Cape Verde and worked with celebrated artists including Sadao Watanabe, HR Big Band (Germany), Mú Mbana (Guiné Bissau) and Omara Portuondo (Cuba). About Fi Maróstica Fi Maróstica is an upright and electric bass player, born in the city of Ourinhos (SP), who has shared the stage with many renowned artists including Hermeto Pascoal, Toquinho, Miucha, Elza Soares, Hamilton de Holanda, Rosa Passos, Maria Gadu, among others. In addition to concerts in Brazil with several of these names, Fi has already toured several countries, passing through South America, North America, Europe and Asia. He also received several awards at renowned festivals in Brazil, such as best instrumentalist (Festival Botucanto - 2010 and Festival de Música de Sorocaba - 2013), in addition to being a finalist in this category for the Brazilian Professional Music Awards in 2017 and 2018, the year in which who was also won in the Contact: press@silviamusic.com Chicago Jazz Artist Silvia Manrique Releases Debut EP ‘Sonho’ Featuring Collaborations with Renowned Brazilian Artists Chicago-based jazz artist Silvia Manrique releases her Latin/Brazilian jazz solo debut EP titled ‘Sonho’ available now. Recorded at São Paulo's prestigious Estúdio Arsis and musically directed by award-winning Brazilian musical artist Fabiana Cozza, this 4-song EP serves as an introduction to Manrique’s delicate delivery and unique blend of Latin and Brazilian jazz and contemporary sounds. A fixture in the Chicago Brazilian jazz and samba scene for many years, Silvia is a three-time performer for Chicago’s World Music Festival. Described by music critic Peter Margasak as “a natural, delivering sophisticated melodies with ease and sensuality,” Silvia has opened for world music artists like Dona Onete, Céu and Luisa Maita and recorded vocals for national advertisements for brands including State Farm and McDonald’s. In 2016, she recorded the full-length ‘Aquarela’ with the critically acclaimed Paulinho Garcia under the GLP label featuring Brazilian classics designed to introduce children to the Brazilian Portuguese language. A bout with breast cancer in 2020 led her to refocus on her artistic career and this EP commemorates her official return to music. “This release is titled ‘Sonho’ because it means dream in Portuguese – and this EP is exactly that, the realization of a deep desire to record music not only for pleasure but also for posterity,” said Silvia, who began vocal training with Fabiana Cozza while undergoing chemotherapy as a way to release stress. “Fabiana really encouraged me to stop thinking of singing as a hobby or a pastime – it really is a vocation that I have to nurture every day for the wellbeing of my body and soul.” ‘Sonho’ features covers of classic world jazz songs by Rosa Passos, Joyce Moreno, Henri Salvador, as well as a bolero by legendary Cuban composer Frank Dominguez, a nod to Silvia’s Latin American (Mexican) heritage. Cozza, a force in Brazilian music and two-time winner of the Prêmio da Música Brasileira, the Brazilian equivalent of a Grammy award, produced and had a hand in selecting repertoire and instrumentation. The songs were carefully arranged by acclaimed bassist and creative musician Fi Maróstica, known for his innovative style that brings bass to the forefront of the musical mix. Rounding out the musical performance are two young stars of the vibrant São Paulo jazz scene, Nichollas Maia on piano and Matheus Marinho on drums. Track listing for ‘Sonho’ ...
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  • Epi 107 Mestra Laísa Lima

    Epi 107 Mestra Laísa Lima
    May 17 2023

    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 old at the school of her heart, Beija-Flor de Nilopolis. At age 11, She paraded for the first time at the Bateria Soberana and became tamborim director at 16.

    Laísa is co-director of tamborims at Beija-Flor de Nilópolis and Acadêmicos de Vigário Geral. She has been a mestra with escolas such as Ìmperio de Nova Iguaçu and Acadêmicos de Jacarepaguá. It was recently announced that she is the new Mestra da Bateria at Leão da Nova Iguaçu. In addition to many other roles in carnaval she is also Mestra da Bateria at Academicos do Engenho da Rainha and a member of the sound truck at Botafogo Samba Clube

    She has paraded with other escolas as a ritimista, such as Unidos de Vila Isabel, Paraiso do Tuiuti, Porto da Pedra, Academicos do Grande Rio, Em Cima da Hora, Academicos do Sossego (Now Acadêmicos do Niterói) and Unidos da Ponte, Other projects that she is part of, or has been a part of: Percussion Instructor in Nilopolis; Tamborim Instructor in Vigario Geral; Band member of Os Carnavarizados do Samba (project for Youtube); as well as online tamborim lessons.

    Links:
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