These are some links to other sites to do with samba and percussion music that you might find useful or helpful.

World Samba Homepage. The samba resource on the internet. Has links to samba performers and schools in countries across the world, song databases, a glossary and much more.

Drumdin, an open access community samba band based in Wallsend.

The Newcastle Drum centre, suppliers of all kinds of percussion instruments and accessories.

Kevin Cadwallender, poet.