A neighborhood samba group that's been writing parade songs for Rio's carnival since 1965.
If you want to get their sound, try 'Samba-Enredo 2019 - O Frasco do Bandoleiro' or their 2023 song 'Mulheres de Barro.' They give you a good sense of what these neighborhood samba storytellers do.
They've been making samba-enredos for decades, the kind of songs that tell stories for Rio's carnival parades. You can hear it in 'Samba-Enredo 2019 - O Frasco do Bandoleiro,' a typical example of their narrative style. They've won awards like the Estandarte de Ouro, and they keep putting out new parade songs every year.
They formed in 1965 in the Belford Roxo neighborhood of Rio's suburbs, playing samba locally. Over time they built a following and started recording samba-enredos, with albums like 'Quintal do Samba' in 1986 and 'A Saga da Terra' in 1996. They're still at it, with recent songs like 2023's 'Mulheres de Barro' about women's lives in Brazil.
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