On Friday 18^th March, Red Nose Day, Claudio and his team will be in Dewsbury Market Place and will provide instruments for those children attending.  The plan is to hold a warm up session and then stage a fun, lively and loud performance for all to see whilst collecting money for this amazing charity.

“We know through running our school drumming workshops at Drumming 4 Education that children love this kind of activity” said Claudio, “Red Nose Day is great fun and we wanted to contribute in some way, its ambitious but we would like to get over 100 school children down to the town centre on the day” he went on to say.

There has been great interest from local schools but there is still time for others to take part.  If you are interested please contact the Drumming 4 Education team on info@drumming4business.com.

 Drumming 4 Education also supports leading charities Samaritans, Macmillan Cancer care, Hollybank trust and are also helping to arrange a fundraising concert for victims of the Brazilian floods in the near future plus they also support other international charities.

For further details please contact Pam on 01924 437096 or pam@drumming4business.com

From being a small boy, he was fascinated by the sounds of nature and played to the birds from with a fife he made from a pumpkin mammon pipe. He also used to make music with the scraps of metal he found in his Grandfather’s blacksmith workshop, but tying them up with bits of rope to produce musical sounds. By the age of 7 he picked up his father’s 8-bass accordion, and never stopped. He also played tambourine with his brother at parties and wedding receptions. He went onto play piano and the next the flute and by 1961 when he moved to São Paulo he is playing at many nightclubs with various bands, alternating the different instruments he has learned over the years. In 1966, with his group, Quarteto Novo, they used to ride in Television to take part in the television festivals, representing the best of Brazilian music of that time. They won one of the Brazilian Music Festivals with the song “Ponteio” and Pascoal goes on to win many other prizes as a talented music arranger with folk music of Brazil being an important influence in his work.  Please check: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1WBGsBNL54

Vinicius Cantuaria (b 1951) known in the genre of Brazilian Jazz and Bossa Nova which is a blend of Samba and modern Jazz that emerged from Rio in the late 1950’s. Having spent most of his career as a drummer in his rock band, O Terco in the 1970’s he still continues to play percussion, they was a point in 2000 at Arto Linday’s Jazz Café where he used his guitar to perform acoustic and maintained direct eye contact with the drummer until the song would eventually resort itself to a natural end.

He moved to New York in the mid 90’ and with six sold album releases under his belt, he is now more well know on the down town New York Jazz scene.

The towns worst hit were Nova Friburgo (292 confirmed deaths, as of 17 January), Teresópolis (271) and Petrópolis (55) – all in the mountain region about 60 miles north of Rio de Janeiro city. The search for bodies is still going on, hampered by further heavy rain.

Many thousands of people are homeless, their houses having been destroyed by torrents of mud and water, and much of the region is without electricity.

As of 17 January the Embassy of Brazil had been informed of seven different bank accounts in Brazil for those wishing to donate money to the ongoing relief effort – see below. Please note that it is not possible to send non-financial donations (clothing, medicines, etc) from outside Brazil.

SOS Teresópolis – Donativos
Bank: Banco do Brasil
Branch: 0741-2
Account: 110000-9
CNPJ – 29.138.369/0001-47

SOS Teresópolis – Donativos
Bank: Caixa Econômica Federal
Branch: 4146
Account: 2011-1
CNPJ – 29.138.369/0001-47

Prefeitura de Nova Friburgo [Nova Friburgo municipal government]
Bank: Banco do Brasil
Branch: 0335-2
Account: 120.000-3

Defesa Civil – RJ [Civil Defence, Rio de Janeiro]
Bank: Caixa Econômica Federal
Branch: 0199
Operation: 006
Account: 2011-0

Viva Rio [Rio de Janeiro-based NGO]
Bank: Banco do Brasil
Branch: 1769-8
Account: 411396-9
CNPJ: 00343941 / 0001-28

Prefeitura de Petrópolis [Petrópolis municipal government]
Bank: Banco do Brasil
Branch: 0080-9
Account: 76000-5
CNPJ: 29.138.344/0001-43

Campanha SOS Sudeste (CNBB e Cáritas Brasileira)
Bank: Caixa Econômica Federal
Branch: 1041
Operation: 003
Conta: 1490-8

Bosco de Oliveira

A show from London’s finest Brazilian bands, led by one of Brazil’s top percussionists, Bosco de Oliveira.

Arakatuba are the first band to appear at the new Groove Oven/Friday Supper club evening at the Forge in Camden. With his musical authority second to none, Bosco goes from A-Z in Brazilian music styles to bring an evening of incredible virtuosity and beauty.

Has just found a new friend, Or friends as the case

I have been very fortunate to work with and record some great Brazilian artists over the past few years. The music is totally absorbing and it has opened my eyes and changed the way I think about music and definitely opened up a new path for me.

Its always great to here the banter between the different people from the different parts of Brazil as well. I have worked very closely with Cluadio Kron producing apresenta.

Claudio is an amazing talent and a player of so many instruments It has really tested me as sound engineer working with him and taught me so much about Brazilian and African culture and the history of Brazil. Guitarist Fred Lyra really opened my ears to a new way of playing I have not seen before.

A real talent. The diversity and rhythm of Plinio Dourado has impressed me. A great drummer but also an amazing guitarist as well. The album is the project I hold most close to my heart out of all the projects I have worked on over the years.

Over 500 people killed in recent floods

Horrific pictures you all can see plasted in the various websites across the globe. Brasil Australia and Sri-lanka have been affected by severe floods recently.

People out there are suffering from great unmeasurable pain, massive losses , which will in many places take years to recover.

Since last Friday I have been contacting a few organization in the hope to make something happen.

We need to do something to help this cause/appeal for all the Brazilian living in the UK and cross the planet + any body who has any relation to Brazilian Cultre Arts.

Please, plaese pass these info ahead get your community band, samba group do a little to raise some funds to HELP: Brazilian Embassy London is to provide very soon a RED CROSS bank account for any one who would like to help these cause.

We already contact: Brazilian Embassy, The Salvation Army, DHL International transport, Local celebrities ( Award Winner ) Keiser Cheifs ( busy recording but they are willing to provide somebody! to bring alot of attention, Geraldine Connor ( Founder of Carnival Messiah ) in connection with West Yorkshire Playhouse, Local Rotary Club, BBC, Green Common.

Thank very much for your attention – Please pass the info ahead

PS: to help the cause big time we advise you to collaborate with any Registed Charity organization in local area.

Keep in touch.

contact me @ info@claudiokron.com; ckbrazil@hotmail.com or on facebook,

Drumming 4 Business @ 01924 437 096

China travelled went back to Brazil in 1987 to start a workshop to make organic percussion instruments. The instruments created and produce by China has been used by many percussionists around the world

At the moment Marcos China is coordinating in Rio de Janeiro in the- Oficina de Fabricacao de Instruments. (Instrument making workshop) Alongside the Batucadas Brazileiras.

If you would like to get any kinds of instrument from Brazil or Marcos China please contact us.

Mestre Dread Moon

In 1968 Mestre Bimba started something that he didn’t know quite what would happen! Bimba give his martial art talent to Lua Rasta. A year later he moved to Mestre Canjiquinha academy where he stayed for a long time, he then went onto join the fokloric group Aberre and started to develop Capoeira as a theatrical language.

Lua Rasta accomplished the course under the instruction of his master; he then participated in many Capoeira Roda in Brazil and around the world and in Europe he went onto spend three years opening doors to Capoeira Angola.

Mestre Lua rasta the instrument maker

As you arrive at the Mestre Lua Rasta studio in Pelourinho in the heart of Salvador, Bahia, the first thing you will notice is smell of leather getting ready to be stretched across the instruments crafted by these amazing masters. Mester Lua Rasta built instruments as: Berimbau’s Atabaques, Djembe’s, Caxixi’s also infinity of creation that would be the dream of any enthusiastic percussionist.  http://www.atelierlua.com.br/