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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Saxophonist António Manuel Fernandes "Nanutu" was honored on Thursday in Lisbon, Portugal, at an event featuring tributes from Angolan and international musicians.The gathering, which brought together ...

'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 ...

My wife is Portuguese. Actually, she's of mixed Portuguese and Angolan descent. Her mother and father fled Luanda during the first years of the Angolan civil war, and settled in Lisbon. We now live in ...

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 ...

Oh Lord, I’ll never be free. — “Angola Bound,” by Charles and Aaron Neville Charles Neville knew something wasn’t right the night he got busted big-time. It was 1964. His “friend,” who was in fact ...

Music has often been used to commemorate the indefatigable resolve of the human spirit in the face of great suffering. Countless interpretations of field hollers, slave chants and spirituals have been ...