Rio Hosts Tribute Concert to Hip Hop Legend Tupac Shakur on Saturday
By Jack Arnhold, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – This Saturday, September 15th, ‘Baile do Ademar’ (Ademar’s Dance) will...
September 13, 2018Topic
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Rio’s Fundição Progresso Wraps Year with a Celebration of Carioca Funk
On Friday, December 23, Fundição Progresso will host a special celebration of Carioca funk in Lapa, Rio de Janeiro.
December 23, 2016
Rio Parada Funk 2013 Music Festival
The third edition of the Rio Parada Funk will be held at Praça da Apoteose and will feature fifty DJs,...
November 19, 2013
New Music Sounds in Rio de Janeiro
Leo Justi, Apollo and Dorgas are among many musicians and bands who are currently producing new sounds influenced by and...
May 21, 2013
Passinho Dance-Offs Unite Communities
Some 25,000 people gathered in Parque de Madureira in Zona Norte, for the third annual Batalha do Passinho semi-final to...
May 7, 2013
Blanquito, a Gringo’s Baile Funk
By Sibel Tinar, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – One of the distinct sounds of Rio, Baile Funk...
November 9, 2010
21st Century Funk
By Doug Gray, Senior Reporter A Short History Of Baile Funk Part 3, Funk Enters The 21st Century RIO DE...
December 29, 2009
Baile Funk’s Electro 80’s
By Doug Gray, Senior Reporter A Short History Of Baile Funk Part 2, The 1980s Electro Revolution RIO DE JANEIRO...
December 22, 2009
A Short History of Baile Funk
By Doug Gray, Senior Reporter The Formative Years – Rio's Black Music Explosion The name Funk Carioca is taken directly...
December 15, 2009