R2B: Brazil, Where the Beautiful Game Struts
The banner-waving, anthem-singing fans of Rio de Janeiro’s Flamengo club formed a billowing mass of ruby-and — black-clad humanity. They moved not only in reaction to the ebbs and flows on the field far below, but also to the samba beat pounded out by musicians in the midst of the grandstand mayhem around me and […]
Urban Street Soccer Radio: 1
[soundcloud url=”http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/100791140″ params=”” width=” 100%” height=”166″ iframe=”true” /] Episode 1 of Urban Street Soccer Radio. Featuring a vast array of sounds from many different genres; from the incredible jazz-funk style of Brazilian trio Azymuth to rapper Al Kani from Zambia to the latest contemporary electronic music by Victor Niglio, Bob Sinclar, and many more. To […]
Brazilian rapper MC Daleste shot onstage
A young Brazilian rapper who went by the name of MC Daleste was shot and killed while performing on Saturday night in the township of Campinas, outside of Sao Paulo, Brazil.