Samba Radio Stations
21 stations streaming Samba music live
Samba is Brazil's rhythmic soul, born in Rio's Afro-Brazilian communities in the early twentieth century and carried by surdo drums, cavaquinho, tamborim, and voices raised in roda circles. The tradition holds legends like Cartola, Beth Carvalho, and Zeca Pagodinho, the escola de samba thunder of Carnival, and the intimate pagode of backyard gatherings. Stations move between all of these, plus samba-rock and partido alto. Warm, communal, and defiant in the face of hard times — samba insists on joy.
