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 ...

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 ...

I am heartbroken by the death of Angolan singer-songwriter Waldemar Bastos, who passed away in Lisbon on August 9 at the age of 66 after battling cancer. His exquisite voice and music soothed and ...

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 ...

Luanda — Angolan musician Waldemar Bastos is the main character on the billboard of the Cantares DAlma show scheduled for Thursday evening at Cine Atlântico cinema, in Luanda, as part of the ...

(L–R) Peter Lownds, Waldemar Bastos, and Rhythm Planet’s Tom Schnabel. Photo by Daphne Bach. Bastos’ life has not been an easy one. Forced to flee the civil war that erupted in Angola ...

Listen to selections from his CD, 'Renascence.' In 1982, during a visit to Portugal, Waldemar Bastos defected from his native Angola, where a brutal civil war was under way. Bastos says he felt ...

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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...

Angolan Waldemar Bastos could be dismissed as another easy listening artist due to the smoothness of his voice and shimmer of the production, but any closer scrutiny of his new album yields an ...