Leonel Levy Lopes Bastos, better known as Lionel Bastos, was born on 16 August 1956 in Maputo, Mozambique) and is a singer, songwriter, and music producer who works mainly in South Africa.
[1] He has released five solo albums all of which were nominated for South African Music Awards ("SAMAs").
[5] In May 2010, Bastos and radio host Doug Anderson organized a concert at which a number of notable South African artists (incl.
Farryl Purkiss, Merseystate, and Wendy Oldfield) performed to benefit victims of the 2010 Haiti earthquake, at the Baxter Concert Hall in Cape Town.
[6] In November 2015, he released his sixth album, Songs From My Phone.