Oyo

Covers of pop songs that influenced "Africa's premier diva"
while growing up in Benin West Africa.
***1: 2:05 slow vocal/wail but what a voice! minimal instrument backup
2: 3:40 slow very nice cover of Santana's "Samba Pa Ti"
3: 3:15 fast cover of Curtis Mayfield's "Move On Up" with Bono of U2 in English
4: 2:18 mid tempo cover of a Miriam Makeba lullaby
5: 3:54 slow cover of Otis Redding song
6: 3:44 faster, a tribute to Highlife style of African music
7: 3:12 slow to mid cover of Aretha Franklin's " Baby I Love You" with Dianne Reeves
8: 3:52 mid to faster, from a pre Bollywood Indian movie, nice percussion, flute
***9: 2:21 slow, cover of Sydney Bechet standard longing for lost love
10: 4:15 mid tempo, tribute to Brazil
11: 4:05 mid to faster cover of "Cold Sweat"
12: 3:10 slow, nostalgia for Africa, from the movie "Out of Africa"
***13: 4:31 faster cover of a Miriam Makeba classsic “Mbube,”  (pronounced EEM-boo-beh) aka " The Lion Sleeps Tonight" with original African lyrics
14: 1:39 updated first song she sang on stage at six years old
15: 3:12 mid to faster, Unicef theme for campaign to eliminate newborn tetanus
16: 2:26 slow vocal D  Farrell 05/2010