Anitta Equilibrium 2: 17 New Tracks of Funk and Candomble
Anitta Equilibrium 2 delivers 17 all-Portuguese tracks and 13 guests, from Maria Bethania to Grupo Ofa, taking the cycle to...
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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
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
Back2Black Festival
By Sarah Coursey, Editor [caption id="attachment_8971" align="alignleft" width="200" caption="Gilberto Gil, to perform and debate at the Back2Black Festival, photo by...
August 18, 2009
Festas Juninas Light up Rio
By Maíra Amorim, Contributing Reporter [caption id="attachment_5478" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Silvério Pessoa, photo by Circo Voador Press Department."][/caption] RIO DE JANEIRO...
June 30, 2009