Alvorecer is Clara Nunes seventh album released in 1974 under the label Odeon. Due to the success of the song Conto de Areia, the album sold over 500,000 copies in Brazil, making Nunes the best-sellin
Samba is a broad term for many of the rhythms that compose the better known Brazilian music genres that originated in the Afro-Brazilian communities of Bahia in the late 19th century and early 20th ce
Os Originais do Samba (1972)
"Batuque" (1835), a painting by Johann Moritz Rugendas
Hilário Jovino Ferreira founded the first carnival rancho in Rio.
Donga recorded "Pelo Telefone", considered the founding landmark of samba.