Vânia Bastos (born May 13, 1956) is a Brazilian singer, who began her professional life with the
Vanguarda Paulista avant-garde
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movement in the early 1980s.
Biography
Bastos moved to
São Paulo
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in 1975, to study sociology and singing. In 1980, she began her career as vocalist of
Arrigo Barnabé
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's ''Sabor de Veneno'' band. She was the main
soloist of Barnabé's 1983 album ''
Tubarões Voadores'', and participated in presentations and recordings with
Itamar Assumpção
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, the other important name of the Vanguarda. She also recorded with
Brazilian rock
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Overview
Rock entered t ...
bands such as Magazine and
Joelho de Porco
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History Context and formation
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. From 1986, she began to record her own works.
Vânia Bastos
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Dicionário Cravo Albin da Música Popular Brasileira
Retrieved May 17, 2008.
Discography
References
External links
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MPBNet
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1956 births
Living people
People from Ourinhos
20th-century Brazilian women singers
20th-century Brazilian singers
Vanguarda Paulistana