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Music

Gigs, concerts, bands and music in Rio de Janeiro

The cult producer on his new collaboration with Daft Punk

The lords of the dance get ready for an afrobeat takeover in 2013

The Texan outfit bring their dense instrumentalism to Lapa

We catch up with the electro-soul band's co-founder Joe Goddard

Rogê (Music)
Sun 26 May Singer and composer Rogê takes up another Sunday night residency at Carioca da Gema, seizing the opportunity to mix up the... More details
Explosions In The Sky (Music)
Sun 26 May Formed at the end of the 1990s, the powerful Texan quartet Explosions In The Sky has become a front runner in the... More details

Roda de Samba Pedra do Sal (Music)
Mon 27 May This historic 'venue' is in fact an integral part of the story of samba. On the site of a former slave market, the area around... More details
Samba do Trabalhador (Music)
Mon 27 May Set in a residential neighbourhood in Andaraí, it may be a trek north to one of the biggest samba parties in the city, but... More details
Samba de Fato (Music)
Mon 27 May Exquisite Monday night samba arrives at Trapiche Gamboa courtesy of a band that have been keeping carioca feet dancing a lot... More details

Jazzmania (Music)
Tue 28 May The Studio RJ team have given a new lease of life to a once-essential weekly jazzfest, making Tuesdays a journey into the... More details
Cantoria Muderna (Music)
Tue 28 May When the rest of Lapa may seem to be resting up for the classic weekend street party, downstairs at Leviano bar hosts a line... More details

Quarta Democrática (Music)
Wed 29 May The long-running Forró Wednesday night at Democráticos just keeps on packing them in. Plenty of the north-eastern rhythm's... More details
Forró no Lapa (Music)
Wed 29 May Every Wednesday forró fans converge on Lapa's multi-storeyed pool joint for a night dedicated to the north-eastern genre of... More details

Razões Africanas (Music)
Thu 30 May Trapiche Gamboa is one of the most traditional of all the samba halls in Rio, showing the young pretenders in Lapa a thing or... More details
Pedro Miranda (Music)
Thu 30 May One of the modern masters of MPB takes up a Thursday night residency at the classic Carioca cultural centre on the edge... More details

Samba de Lei (Music)
Fri 31 May Monday nights live music roda de samba sessions at Pedra do Sal have become the stuff of legend, with hundreds crowding onto... More details