Rhythms

It emerged in the 1980s at funk dances in Rio de Janeiro and reflects the daily life of co...

The controversial and all-encompassing term 'World Music' is actually what happens when mu...

Perhaps the greatest popular manifestation of Brazilian culture, samba has African ancesto...

'Fusion' is the term used when two rhythms or styles come together to create something new...

Coming from Samba, influenced by Jazz, born in Nara Leão's apartment, invented by João Gil...

Music manipulated in digital media has become increasingly popular since the 1990s, althou...

In the 60's, the accent of black American music became more danceable and more rhythmic, w...

Although it had its origins in accordions in the northeastern interior, in the 19th centur...

A Brazilian version of the Scottish polka (schottisch, in German), the xote is a musical r...

It is a musical style whose aspiration is to create an environment of harmony around its l...

Baque Virado or Maracatu is an Afro-Brazilian cultural manifestation born in Pernambuco, i...

Born in the late 40's in the suburbs of the United States, he has origins that mix Blues,...

Jazz is an artistic-musical manifestation originating in the United States. Such a manifes...

The chants and atabaques of the Candomblé terreiros are definitive representatives of Afro...

Frevo is a musical rhythm and a Brazilian dance originating in the state of Pernambuco, mi...

Coco originated in the northeastern interior, but is also common on the coast of the regio...

Popular musical rhythm composed of simple, short, commercial songs. Pop is aimed at a youn...

Congo is a Brazilian musical genre, typical of the coastal regions of Espírito Santo.1 2...

House and its sub-genres have in common an electronic 4/4 beat, a powerful bassline and a...

Maculelê in its origins was an armed martial art, but nowadays it is a form of dance that...

Xaxado is a popular Brazilian dance originated in the Agreste and Sertão regions of the st...

Of indigenous origin and influenced by African slaves, Carimbó was born on the island of M...

Samba do Partido-alto, Partido-Alto or simply Partido, is a samba style that emerged in th...

The term R&B, short for Rhythm and Blues, was born in the 1940s and was heavily influenced...

Hip hop (also referred to as hip-hop) is an artistic culture that began during the 1970s i...

In the mid-70s, Disco Music was born. His influences were Funk, Latin Music and Soul Music...

Axé is a musical genre created in Bahia in the 80s during the popular manifestations of Ca...

It is a style of electronic music that emerged in England in the mid-90's. It incorporated...

With strong and dancing beats, the dance rhythm mixes electronic music and disco music. It...

Indie rock (or "independent rock" in Portuguese) is a musical genre that emerged in the Un...

Samba is a musical genre, from which derives a type of dance, with African roots that emer...

Typical Northeastern rhythm and dance that mixes different musical rhythms such as baião,...

Reggae is a musical genre originally developed in Jamaica in the late 1960s. Although some...

Samba-canção is a musical subgenre originating from samba, which emerged in the late 1920s...

Minimal techno first emerged in the early 1990s. The style's development is often attribut...

Rasqueado is a regional style of music and dance from the Brazilian Midwest, more precisel...

In the roots of the Mississippi Delta, at the end of the 19th century, the Blues was born...

Techno is an electronic music style that emerged in the mid-1980s and refers primarily to...

Repente (also known as challenge) is a Brazilian folk tradition whose origins date back to...

Samba is a musical genre, from which it derives from a type of dance, with African roots,...

The word moda is of Portuguese origin, meaning song, melody or music. In Brazil it took on...

An original dance from the northeast that features human characters and fantastic animals...

Melbourne Shuffle is a street dance language that originated in the mid-1980s in the Rave...