Angolan singer Waldemar Bastos knows that his lyrical celebrations of love, peace and nature are not confined to any single language. So he blended French and Portuguese to come up with the title ...

Waldemar Bastos, the masterful Angolan-born singer-guitarist, had been absent from the recording scene since the 1998 release of his U.S. breakthrough album "Pretaluz" on David Byrne's Luaka Bop/ ...

Bastos truly had a special gift. His heartfelt music is filled with the saudade and longing of exile. There’s the sadness of Portuguese fado and Cape Verdean morna, but also the uplifting joy of Cape ...

Seven years ago, Waldemar Bastos’ gently soaring voice reached America on “Pretaluz,” but he avoided recording again until recently. While the title of his new disc conveys rebirth, the word ...

In 1982, Waldemar Bastos defected from Angola, where a brutal civil war was under way. Two decades later he returned to perform in his native country. His new CD offers hope for the future.

(L–R) Peter Lownds, Waldemar Bastos, and Rhythm Planet’s Tom Schnabel. Photo by Daphne Bach. When I first heard Waldemar Bastos on a compilation called Adventures in Afropea 3: Telling Stories to the ...

Waldemar Bastos. Renascence. BY Sergio Elmir Published Aug 1, 2005. It has been seven years since his last album, and in those seven years Waldemar Bastos has seen peace come for the first time in ...

Luanda — Angolan musician Waldemar Bastos died Monday in Lisbon (Portugal) of disease at the age of 66, Angop learned. The information was released by the culture attaché of the Angolan embassy ...

Waldemar Bastos has become a de facto lightning rod for his country, Angola's, struggles – from the day he was arrested as an innocent schoolchild by the Portuguese secret police, to the more ...

August 4, 2005 • In 1982, Waldemar Bastos defected from Angola, where a brutal civil war was under way. Two decades later he returned to perform in his native country. His new CD offers hope for ...

The Angolan musician Waldemar Bastos will hold soon an international tour in the countries like South Korea, Austria, Germany, France, Tanzania and Mozambique.