Kidjo, Angelique / Oyo
Album: Oyo   Collection:World
Artist:Kidjo, Angelique   Added:Apr 2010
Label:Razor & Tie Music  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2010-05-09 Pull Date: 2010-07-11 Charts: Reggae/World
Week Ending: Jul 11 Jul 4 Jun 27 Jun 20 Jun 13 Jun 6 May 30 May 23
Airplays: 2 3 2 2 4 1 1 1

Recent Airplay
1. Jul 09, 2019: tree talk
Mbube
4. Jan 25, 2014: Music Casserole
Zelie
2. Jun 15, 2019: Acupuncture Hour/Audio Ambrosia
Move On Up
5. Aug 21, 2012: Sunshine . . . in the Afternoon!
Cold Sweat
3. Jun 17, 2014: It's Bollywood, It's Hollywood, It's Global Warming
Move On Up
6. Feb 08, 2012: Everyday Commotion
Kelele

Album Review
Don Farrell
Reviewed 2010-05-09
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

Track Listing
1. Zelie   9. Petite Fleur
2. Samba Pa Ti   10. Afia
3. Move On Up   11. Cold Sweat
4. Lakutshona Llanga   12. Out Of Africa
5. I've Got Dreams To Remember   13. Mbube
6. Kelele   14. Atacha Houn
7. Monfe Ran E   15. You Can Count On Me
8. Dil Main Chuppa Ke Pyar Ka   16. Agbalagba