Vânia Bastos

Vânia Bastos
Born	(1956-05-13) May 13, 1956
Origin	Ourinhos, São Paulo, Brazil
Occupation	Singer
Instrument	Vocals
Years active	1975–present

Vânia Bastos (born May 13, 1956) is a Brazilian singer, who began her professional life with the Vanguarda Paulista avant-garde movement in the early 1980s.

Biography

Bastos moved to São Paulo in 1975, to study sociology and singing. In 1980, she began her career as vocalist of Arrigo Barnabé'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, the other important name of the Vanguarda. She also recorded with Brazilian rock bands such as Magazine and Joelho de Porco. From 1986, she began to record her own works.

Discography

Title	Year	Record label	Media
Vânia Bastos	1986	Copacabana	LP
Eduardo Gudin & Vânia Bastos	1989	Eldorado	LP & CD
Vânia Bastos	1990	Eldorado	LP
Cantando Caetano	1992	Colúmbia	CD
Canta mais	1994	Velas	CD
Vânia Bastos & cordas. Canções de Tom Jobim	1995	Velas	CD
Diversões não eletrônicas	1997	Velas	CD
Belas feras	1999	PlayArte Music	CD
Vânia Bastos canta Clube da Esquina	2002		CD

External links

• (in Portuguese)-Vânia Bastos in MPBNet