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Keep on Moving: The Best of Angelique Kidjo | 
 enlarge | Artist: Angelique Kidjo
Label: Wrasse Records
Category: Music
List Price: $16.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  21 reviews
Sales Rank: 17207
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 30
UPC: 875232006928
EAN: 0875232006928
ASIN: B00197U0EO
Release Date: July 1, 2008
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| Tracks:
| • | Summertime - Angelique Kidjo, Gershwin, George | | • | Voodoo Child (Slight Return) - Angelique Kidjo, Hendrix, Jimi | | • | Agolo | | • | Fifa | | • | Batonga | | • | Wombo Lombo | | • | Malaika - Angelique Kidjo, Traditional | | • | Open Your Eyes - Angelique Kidjo, Hebrail, Jean | | • | The Sound of the Drums | | • | Adouma | | • | Naima | | • | Tourner la Page - Angelique Kidjo, Nougaro, C. | | • | Babalao | | • | Agossi | | • | Idje-Idje | | • | Tombo | | • | We We | | • | Senie - Angelique Kidjo, Bella |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com
The Benin-born, Paris-based singer Angelique Kidjo has become the most popular African female artist on the world-music scene. This compilation contains 18 tracks from her five CDs released between 1990 and 1998. An electrifying performer fluent in French, English-jazz vocalese, and her country's traditional zilin vocal techniques, Kidjo often sings in her native Fon/Yoruba language. Along with her husband, bassist/producer Jean Hebral, Kidjo conjures up a zesty mix of funk, Latin, jazz, gospel, Caribbean zouk, Congolese rumba, and Afropop grooves. Kidjo covers a lot of ground--from Afro-pulsed renditions of Jimi Hendrix's "Voodoo Child (Slight Return)" to her indigenous take on George Gershwin's "Summertime." The rising hip-hop/gospel diva Kelly Price lends her sanctified sound to "Open Your Eyes," and Carlos Santana's bluesy guitar lines illuminate "Naima." The Tanzanian chant "Malaika" is dedicated to Kidjo's idol, Miriam Makeba, while "Senie," a spare track with background vocals and drums, is a shout out to the great Togolese singer Bella Bellow. Of course, this collection also contains Kidjo's most popular dance hits, including the infectious "Batonga," "Agolo," and the classic "Aye." This fabulous package shows why Kidjo is the belle of the world-music ball, with a host of fans from Cassandra Wilson to Branford Marsalis. --Eugene Holley Jr.
Album Description
Angelique Kidjo is one of the most electrifying artists in the Pop world. With effortless cross-pollination of 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, no artist makes music for the world quite like Angelique Kidjo. She 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.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 16 more reviews...
 sherman November 13, 2006
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
She has a great and unique sound. She gives her all in performance on CD.
delightful June 8, 2006
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
i really loved it. her style is unique and that is what draws me to her music.
Passion @ its finest March 13, 2006
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The best of Miss Kidjo! Buy this music.Peace of mind will follow!!
Blend of Africa, Europe, and America March 1, 2006
Angelique Kidjo's music is a blend of African (where she was born), European (where she lives) and America (where she draws much inspiration). Don't waste too much time trying to categorize it - just enjoy it as it is excellent. Her cover of "Little Wing" very interesting and her own compositions are good. The beat is so good that you don't mind if you don't understand the language of many songs.
Best of the best August 15, 2005
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
If you are new to Angelique Kidjo then this is the best introduction to her range and power, spanning the wide spectrum of her styles from her African roots to more European/American influences. If you are new to African music, this is an easy introduction, and if you have other of her albums you'll want to add this.
My only complaint - it was released before Black Ivory Soul, so doesn't include her more Brazilian music, which I love. Her voice is astonishing, her talent unique. I was lucky enough to see her live in Santa Cruz California a couple of years back and she could have filled the auditorium with her voice alone, without the aid of a microphone. She is one of those rare people who truly can sing astonishingly well. She blew me away.
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