Timbalada

Timbalada is an Afro-Brazilian musician group from Candeal, Salvador, Brazil. It was founded by drummer Carlinhos Brown.

Timbau rhythms and phrases

Five videos where you can learn differents brazilian timbau rhythms and phrases, like tamanquinho, samba-reggae, samba duro...

Pandeiro rhythms (III)

Five Brazilian pandeiro rhythms: funk rhythms.

Pandeiro rhythms (II)

Four Brazilian pandeiro rhythms: three samba funk rhythms and samba-reggae rhythm.

Maracatu in Cologne

This short documentary demonstrates why the german city Cologne, the carnival and energetic Brazilian drum rhythms perfectly match. Maracatu is a Brazilian style of music which is related to Samba and has been firmly established by the Maracuta Colonia group in Germany's carnival stronghold. Members of this band of drummers explain Maracatu's African roots, its essence and the reasons why it promotes the understanding among nations.

Maracatu

Maracatu is a performance found in Pernambuco state in northeastern Brazil. There are two main types of maracatu, maracatu de nação (nation-style maracatu) and maracatu rural (rural-style maracatu).

Crá Rosa - "Origins" (Bahia Percussion II)

Studio demo of afrobrazilian and cuban percussion by Crá Rosa.

Brazilian percussion t-shirts

A interesting selection of Brazilian percussion t-shirts.

Timbal - Purchase advice

Tips and information to keep in mind when buying a timbal: size, material, rim... All you should know before buy your instrument.

Olodum da Bahia, a History of Cultural Inclusion

This article focuses on the treatment of the Grupo Cultural Olodum with young adolescents Maciel Pelourinho, Salvador - Bahia - Brazil, in the 70 and 80 living in situations of profound social vulnerability and the opportunities were few. The Pelourinho, Salvador Historical Center, this time was inhabited by people who were unable to decent housing, since the site had no basic infrastructure, dominated the robberies, crime, prostitution and drug trafficking.

Within this panorama was created Bloco Afro Olodum, the intention to create opportunities for the population of blacks and Maciel Pelourinho Bahia able to play the carnival on a block that had its identity.