OREMI - Angelique Kidjo
Angelique Kidjo's emotionally compelling contralto pipes helps color OREMI, a fresh melange of deep grooves and beats, smooth keyboards, guitars and harmonies. She seamlessly spices her sounds by fusing bits of South African Xhosa choruses, jazz scat, English and her native fon tongue into a homogenous world language. Jimmy Hendrix's "Voodoo Child" is treated with fresh, hip-hop waves and Kidjo's unique throat-guitar reconstruction. Guest performer Branford Marsalis contributes his sax to the funky "Itche Koutche," and jazz-diva Cassandra Wilson and rising star Kelly Price do great duets on "Never Know" and "Open Your Eyes," respectively. Kidjo is a bonafide global phenomonon whose performances are always legendary events.
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