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DISCS: WORLD HHHHI Waldemar Bastos Renascence WORLD CONNECTION
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Imagine a cross between the lugubrious songs of Portuguese fado
and the trance-inducing riffs of African guitar music and you're half-
way to the remarkable sound of Waldemar Bastos. Born in Angola and
resident in Lisbon, Bastos has taken the compass-points of his
heterodox back...
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 "The Evening Standard (London, England)")
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Soulful fado with an African beat.
The Evening Standard (London, England)
; Byline: SUE STEWARD Waldemar Bastos Islington Academy WALDEMAR Bastos has lived many lives in many countries since he left war-torn Angola in 1982. His songs reflect an ancestry in Africa, as well as the music from the countries he subsequently made his home - Germany, France, Brazil and Portugal.
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 "All Things Considered (NPR)")
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Interview: Waldemar Bastos discusses his new CD, "Renascence"
All Things Considered (NPR)
; ... his new CD, "Renascence" Host: MELISSA BLOCK Time: 9:00-10:00 PM MELISSA BLOCK, host: This is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED from NPR News. I'm Melissa Block. In 1982, musician Waldemar Bastos defected from his native Angola during a visit to Portugal. A brutal civil ...
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All the world's a stage Live; WOMAD RIVERMEAD CENTRE READING
The Independent - London
; THE PROGRAMME might have mentioned Womad's 10th anniversary at Rivermead on every other line, but there was little, if any, evidence of self-congratulatory celebration last weekend. Not that it mattered: the sun shone, the vibes were as mellow as ever and 50 artists from 30 countries on seven
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Angolan singer to homeland: Let's give peace a chance.
The Boston Herald
; If the roiling south central African nation of Angola ever embraces peaceful coexistence as a way of life, it should thank Waldemar Bastos for doing his part to make it happen. The Angolan singer and guitarist, who now lives in exile in Portugal, has been both a voice and conscience for his
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Angolan singer lends voice to peace effort.
The Boston Herald
; If the roiling south central African nation of Angola ever embraces peaceful coexistence as a way of life, it should thank Waldemar Bastos for doing his part to make it happen. The Angolan singer and guitarist, who now lives in exile in Portugal, has been both a voice and conscience for his
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Discs.
The Boston Herald
; WALDEMAR BASTOS Pretaluz (Blacklight) (Luaka Bop/Warner Bros.) 4 stars Though he comes to New England as part of the Gibson Guitar Festival-Newport, Waldemar Bastos' greatest talents are as an exquisitely soulful singer and songwriter. Bastos grew up in the war-torn, former Portuguese colony of
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Waldemar Bastos at the Chicago Folk Center
Chicago Sun-Times
; An intoxicating, tropical breeze, driven by the lilting and deeply expressive music of Waldemar Bastos, blew through the Chicago Folk Center on Friday night. The African singer's performance, part of Chicago's first-ever World Music Festival, was a revelation. Performed live, Bastos' music takes on
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Out of Africa
The Village Voice
; African musicians living in America were the ostensible common denominator of Celebrate Brooklyn!'s "Afrerica" concert Sunday in Prospect Park. But the theme dissolved about as soon as Waldemar Bastos took the stage. Bastos is a Lisbon-residing refugee from Angola, whose current Marxist government
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Festival: womad
The Independent - London
; The World of Music Arts and Dance festival celebrates its 10th year at the Reading site with yet another strong line-up over the three days. Headliners for Friday's opening day include the Afro Celt Sound System and Angola's Waldemar Bastos. Saturday's big hitters include Asian Dub Foundation,
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WORLD.
The Evening Standard (London, England)
; Byline: SIMON BROUGHTON Waldemar Bastos Renascence (World Connection, WC 43051) IN 2003, Bastos returned to Angola for the first time in more than 20 years and celebrated the end of the country's bloody civil war at the national stadium in Luanda. It was the power of that event that kick-started
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