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Event: Angélique Kidjo (8th June, Royal Festival Hall, London)

By Africa in Words on 30 May , 2018 • ( 0 )

Southbank Centre, London
presents
Angélique Kidjo singing Talking Heads
At Royal Festival Hall
8^th June
From 7.30pm

Angélique Kidjo’s latest project, her reinterpretation of the Talking Heads classic album Remain in Light, showcases thrilling new arrangements of the iconic songs.

The Benin-born Grammy Award-winning musician takes classics such as ‘Crosseyed and Painless’, ‘Once in a Lifetime’ and ‘Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On)’ and reinterprets them with electrifying rhythms, African guitars, and layered backing vocals.

As a performer, her striking voice, stage presence and fluency in multiple cultures and languages have won respect from her peers and expanded her following across national borders. Kidjo has cross-pollinated the West African traditions of her childhood in Benin with elements of American R&B, funk and jazz, as well as influences from Europe and Latin America.