Samba Elégua's instruments and rhythms draw on elements of Brazil's samba tradition, but this free percussion group also plays original beats, unites audiences and communities, empowers cooperative musical learning, and brings rump-shaking funk to the streets. We've played everywhere from warehouse parties and nightclubs to Cherry Beach to a bajillion parades and street parties.
>> CONTACTING US: most DIRECT way is to email info (at) sambaelegua (dot) com. Re: MySpace messages -- we will get them, but it's not our primary contact method. This goes double for any booking inquiries. Thanks!
>> MUSIC: More tracks on our Web site's
Listen page. (We removed our music from MySpace for some time, but it's back up in sampler form. Why did we do that? Check out
CBC Radio 3's Blog post on the matter.)
>> (TESTIMONIAL) From David and Irving of
Promise (Toronto events newsletter "for friends, and friends of friends"): "Thanks for New Year's Eve [2005/06]... The night went even better than expected. The highlight moment must have been when there were about 4-500 people packed into one of the rooms for Samba Elegua's midnight performance. They were awesome and when their mc [Esef] took the mic the crowd went absolutely nuts. The energy was invigorating and it's the kind of moment that makes you want to throw parties forever. Thanks so much."
>> MEDIA: We've been featured in staff picks (music events) by alt-weeklies NOW and Eye, in Toronto Star and Spacing magazine photos and on CBC Radio's Metro Morning ("What's Goin' On").
>> Info for new members
here. This entire project is a peoplepower kinda collaboration so shout at us and let's make something happen, from DJs to accordion players we are open to ideas.
>> CD info: A steal at $7 Cdn, this is a live collaboration from summer 2004 at the annual
Pedestrian Sundays in Kensington Market, a car-free music and community event series. The CD features Samba Elégua with Rich Underhill and the Kensington Community Horns and other guests* on guitar, bass and accordion (*Well, okay, they also play in the band, but this time they weren't drumming :). Also see ReEvolution Day Arkestra in our MySpace friends list (or
link here), with shouts and much respect to
Streets Are For People! (>> Finally,
please ask before posting ads or we are likely to delete them.)
