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Africa Plays On CD Celebrates Africa’s Contribution to World Cup 2006

New York, USA - Africa’s contribution to the FIFA World Cup 2006 is celebrated on ‘ Africa Plays On’ - an album showcasing the vivid and rich diversity of the continent’s music – released by Because on Monday 5th June. ‘ Africa Plays On’ was conceived by PUMA and the New York-based music production collective Onda to support PUMA’s World Cup campaign with the charitable organization United For Africa.
 
The album was inspired by the six sub-Saharan African Football Associations sponsored by PUMA - Angola, Cameroon, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Senegal and Togo – with tracks from each of these musically-rich nations plus contributions from artists around the world.

Africa Plays On features a number of collaborations including Senegalese rapper Akon’s reworking of Malian duo Amadou & Mariam’s ‘Coulibaly’, The Roots-produced ‘Kettode’ by Senegal’s Baaba Maal and ‘Silani’ by Guinea’s Ba Cissoko and Sudanese rapper K’Naan. 
 
‘Cocody Rock’, the Ivory Coast classic by Alpha Blondy, is remixed and features France’s Neg’ Marrons; Angolan vocalist Waldemar Bastos features the Jamaican artist Chaka Demus on a rework of ‘Pitangha Madurinha’ while Cameroon’s Manu Dibango (of ‘Soul Makossa’ fame) joins Onda for ‘Ngando’, a remix of the PUMA “Welcome to Football” advertisement. And more!

Waldemar Bastos composed a special Football song for the Football Compilation album "PlayUp": „Viva Angola“

“As a great sports and soccer fan, I was so happy that my country Angola, qualified for the World Cup. When asked to write a song for the ‘Play Up’ compilation, I felt honoured and inspired to write a song that hopefully could length many World Cup’s of Angola to come.” Waldemar Bastos

Waldemar Bastos gave an overwhelming acoustic concert in Culturgest in Lisbon Friday 13th January!

Waldemar Bastos will perform an acoustic concert in Culturgest in Lisbon Friday 13th January.Waldemar will promote this show with a number of radio performances at TSF, RDP Africa, Antena 1 and a TV performance 12th january at RTP2 in the program Quiosque show.

Waldemar Bastos will be at the IL World Music Festival on 16 and 17 September in Chicago. The City of Chicago's seventh annual multi-venue womusic festival will showcase the traditional and contemporary music of cultures from around the world.

In November there will be 2 concerts in Europe:

4 november Selam Africa Festival in Stockholm www.selam.se

6 november Gävle konserthus

For more information check the tour schedule of Waldemar Bastos or the following website for information about the festival:

www.cityofchicago.org/WorldMusic

Waldemar Bastos track "Georgina" is een van de 15 tracks op de cd van Global Sounds: Samen met de DVD te koop voor maar € 6,99

Waldemar Bastos's cd Renascence ligt voor de mooie prijs van 15,99 t/m 30 juni 2005 in de winkels.

WORLD CONNECTION NIGHTS 2005

with

Waldemar Bastos and Eva Ayllon was a great succes.

Thanks for being there in:

Amsterdam, Melkweg. Feb. 8th

Paris, New Morning Feb. 9th

London, Academy Islington, 

Feb. 10th. Hosted by Charlie Gillett

Gent,  Handelsbeurs Feb. 12th

Palermo, Festival Teatro Massimo February 14th

in co-operation with:

Waldemar Bastos is this weeks number one in Plato Mania's (Dutch cd store chain) Top 30 with 4 stars review!!!

We are happy to announce the new cd "Renascence" of Waldemar Bastos.

This album will be released on November 22, 2004 in The Netherlands and in February 2005 worldwide.

You can listen to some tracks: go to "Discography" on this web page.

Concerts 2004 Waldemar Bastos in the Netherlands:

14 Dec.  Oosterpoort, Groningen

15 Dec.  Burgerweeshuis, Deventer

16 Dec   Concertzaal Tilburg, Tilburg

17 Dec   RASA, Utrecht

18 Dec.  Concertgebouw de Doelen

19 Dec.  Tropentheater, Amsterdam