December 21, 2009
By Doug Gray, Senior Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO – Though imported as ‘Baile Funk’ around the world, the name given to the often primitive, always pounding sounds of Rio’s hillsides, raves and definitely not the affluent condos of Barra, is simply ‘Funk’ or ‘Funk Carioca’ (pronounced ‘Funk-ee’ in Rio due to the keen avoidance of finishing [...]
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December 21, 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 from the musical genre pioneered by James Brown in the mid 1960s after he seized upon Little Richard’s funked up rock n roll, ripping out the horns, upping the bass and creating [...]
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