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Angelique Kidjo albums featuring Lionel Loueke
Angelique Kidjo Music Videos (8)
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| | Djin Djin CD (2007)
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The Beninese singer Angelique Kidjo has been a fixture on the world music scene since the early 1990s, with the success of her first internationally released album, PARAKOU. Her inclusive style blends African, Caribbean, Brazilian, and Western rock musical influences ...
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Herbie Hancock
Possibilities CD (2005)
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Though Herbie Hancock is known first and foremost as the groundbreaking jazz pianist whose career began in earnest with Miles Davis's band in the 1960s, he's been genre-bending for much of his musical life, from his '70s fusion adventures to ...
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 Angelique Kidjo Lyrics and Songs
Popular or famous Angelique Kidjo songs: Sedjedo, Ae Ae, Arouna, Awan N'la, Emma, Gimme Shelter, Lonlon, Mama Golo Papa, Papa, Salala, Summertime, Conga Habanera. More music songs Senamou, Afrika, Bahia, Pearls Lyrics, Tumba Lyrics, Batonga Lyrics, Tombo Lyrics.
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Angelique Kidjo Biography
Born in Benin, West Africa, Angelique Kidjo spices her funky, vocal-driven dance music with rhythmic and percussive details of her homeland. The distinctly African drumbeats on most of her albums, as well as the richness of her voice and the rhythm of her native language, Fon, have given Kidjo a boost in her rise to the status of international musical sensation.
Key Personnel
Contemporaries
Cassandra Wilson, Youssou N'Dour, Ali Farka Touré, Ofra Haza, Baaba Maal, Zap Mama, Johnny Clegg, Ismaël Lô, Boukman Eksperyans, Oumou Sangare, Mory Kanté, Margareth Menezes
Followers
Me'Shell Ndegéocello, Richard Bona, Zap Mama, Oliver Mtukudzi, Cheikh Lô, Tama, Zaiko Langa Langa
Influences
The Beatles, James Brown, Billie Holiday, Jimi Hendrix, Santana, Fela Kuti, Hugh Masekela, Manu Dibango, Miriam Makeba, Salif Keita, King Sunny Ade, Tony Allen (Drums #1), Pierre Akendengué, Touré Kunda
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