Tag Archives: 1950s – 1990s

An awarded author of many sambas-enredo for the Unidos da Tijuca samba college, Darci da Mangueira led the Estação Primeira to numerous successes along with his creations. Like a author of sambas de terreiro and additional genres he has already established his works documented by performers like Beth Carvalho (“Memória …

Al Johnson’s “Carnival Period” is really as much an integral part of the Mardi Gras custom in New Orleans as parades, floats, and masked revelers. The melody provides reigned supreme through the city’s celebratory period for four years with only a small number of rivals, such as for example “Go …