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 of ...

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 ...

'Death Metal Angola' is a powerful new documentary which explores the impact of extreme metal on young people in war-torn Africa, as well as the actual bands that perform the music. The award-winning ...

Lisbon's DJ crew Buraka Som Sistema has an avid following across Western Europe with a turbo-charged groove called kuduro. It's a beat that originated in Angola and almost instantly bounced from the ...

Luanda — Musicians that performed Sunday, in Luanda, at the Angola-Portugal concert considered that due to its quality and international popularity, Angolan music is achieving international standards.

We're extremely proud to introduce Angolan metal band Before Crush. Though they've lived through a violent civil war, extreme poverty and constant political unrest, the members of Before Crush have ...

Szavanna interviews Angolan blogger, Koluki, about Angolan music: “I am having fun with these interviews – it’s actually amazing how many exceptional people are out there blogging – Koluki is one of ...

A short lesson in Angolan music from Isacorreia: “Semba is a typical Angolan genre rooted in traditional carnival rhythms, such as kilapanga, rebita, kazukuta and kabetula…Kizomba is a new Afro style ...

The “soundtrack” of the title here represents the musical soundtrack of Luanda, the capital city of Angola in Southwest Africa. These 18 tracks by 15 acts (Os Bongos, Dimba Diangola and Jovens Do ...

Luanda — The secretary Genersal of the National Union of Artists and Composers (UNAC), Belmiro Carlos, said on Monday in Luanda that the Angolan music recorded a qualitative and quantitative growth.