Author Archives: barak

st joseph’s is not just any primary school. it is a primary school with its own carnival. and whilst they had encountered us at various southwark council organised events, such as the infamous bermondsey carnival, this was their own stand-alone … Continue reading →

let’s face it, this is as close as rotc will get to playing buckingham palace. we are grateful to hm the q for not calling the noise police as wave after wave of fundraising runners trotted from admiralty arch up … Continue reading →

samba has spread to the zingzillas island. the story behind the story being that the oldest members of rotc (barak, bosco, hammadi, wesley) trekked to pinewood studios to record 2 tracks for the show, our own mini-batucada of traditional samba, … Continue reading →

that’s douglas in the check shirt. it is his birthday. that’s rotc behind him with elisangela singing, we nipped down here to play a set for our friend, gabrielle and brian sang also. we don’t play at bar salsa often … Continue reading →

the sex pistols, iron maiden, the clash, motorhead (sorry can’t find the umlaut)….. yes, and now rhythms of the city have rocked (samba-ed) brixton academy. thanks to our friendly friends friendly fires, who sold out 3 nights and invited us … Continue reading →

o yes, an international tour again for us, we travel for the cairde festival at the instigation/invitation of our friends stephanie, tony, thorsten and peter from samboeire. they have been visiting our samba weekends in london, joining us in carnivals and … Continue reading →

godfather to the uk samba scene bosco de oliveira devised this evening show in 2003, an animated (and orchestrated) retelling of the history of samba from its roots until the present day. over the years the show has been to … Continue reading →