samba alone is often thought of as one of the most rhythmic and intoxicating styles of music ever created in brazil - heavy percussion and exuberant dances, typically during carnival, are usually associated with samba, but throughout the last 50 years or so, musicians have experimented with different genres, combining rock, pop, and jazz, for example, with samba.

one of these fusions is samba-rock, which was in fact born on the outskirts of são paulo before making an impact in rio de janeiro - the origins of the genre can be traced back to the late 1960s, a time when brazilians were beginning to mix the dance moves of rock n' roll with classic samba steps.