Our tribute to música orgânica, this song celebrates the process of making music between and within cultures. Ideas and inspiration that were planted on a trip through the Amazon years ago have grown into boats for our creative lives to journey down the river.

On this track we collaborated with local hero's from Brazil -- Bororó Felipe, Gleyson Andrade, Jadir Gomes, Jairo Reis, Grace Venturini, Wellington Santana, and João Garoto. We are returning in March 2016 to Brazil to perform and jam with these cats!

DJ Trop'a on the tables!

"Tudo joia, Tudo encima, Tudo mass. . . . nessa música nossa alegria!!"

"In this music, we find our happiness"

My Samba

These are the first five tracks off of Boca do Rio's eponymous 2006 release. Remixes and mash ups coming soon.

Boca do Rio 2006

os outros malandros

eurydice

pra bahia

sweet seed

time alone

 Boca do Rio, an Afro-Brazilian World music group from Northern California, delivers a unique blend of pop hooks, pleasing vocal harmonies, funky rhythms, and African percussion with contemporary beats on their EP The Dam is Breaking. The result is joyously melodic and uplifting, with the contemporary accessibility of the Rippingtons and the depth of Stan Getz’s “The Girl from Ipanema” and the Brazilian bossa nova from years past. Boca do Rio (Portuguese for “mouth of the river”) strikes the perfect balance between delicate smoothness and energetic edginess, resulting in vibrant, vast landscapes of sound. Rooted in distinct instruments that seem both timeless and yet also grounded in the here and now, The Dam is Breaking is full of energy, passion, vitality and life. Possessing an urgent environmental message, every song is impeccably written, arranged and performed, resulting in an EP that is superbly crafted and expertly produced.

 “Dreamer (Love in the Time of Climate Change)” is immediately catchy, and is Boca do Rio’s most accessible tune on their entire EP. The “When the waters come crashing down” refrain is unforgettable, and embodies the environmental message of the entire EP.

dreamer (love in the time of climate change)

from the soon-to-be-released "The Dam is Breaking" CD. November 30th at the New Parish in Oakland. Valeu!
"We descended the arid mountains to satiate our thirst. We followed hidden paths in the night. .. . there is a drum that needs a skin and a Saint that needs a rhythm. . .  2 surdos, pandeiro, and a repique"

Samba Sambei

We all come out of Africa. It's just a matter of how far back you look. 

40,000 years ago we came out of Africa and rapidly diversified as we radiated across the globe. Now we struggle to maintain diversity in an increasingly Westernized world. 

"Every time I hear those beats, it wake up the world inside of me. 'Cause I remember Africa and Africa remembers me. . . . . 
40,000 years ago we stretched out across the Red Sea. 
One step for humanity, 
just another of uncertainty. . . . . .evolution!"


Afreeka

Love -- a timeless theme, slowed down, chilled out and dreamy. . . . 
Love in the Time of Cholera was of bygone era. 
Love in the Time of Climate Change. . . .. that's us!!

Boca do Rio

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