Lucinha Bastos | ar
Waldermar Bastos (born 1954, M'banza, Zaire province, Angola) is an Angolan musician who combines Afropop, Portuguese (fado), and Brazilian influences.
His parents were both nurses. He started singing at a very early age.
At the age of 28 he emigrated to Portugal to escape the civil war between the Marxist MPLA Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola regime and the Western-backed UNITA National Union for Total Independence of Angola.
Quotes from the artist
"One day, my father arrived home and found me playing his concertina. I felt bad for having been caught touching, without permission, an instrument which was...
