Angélique Kidjo
Cerys welcomes five-time Grammy Award winner Angélique Kidjo to share her favourite Blues records!
Cerys's weekly round-up of the blues you need to hear, from all around the world and in all shapes and sizes.
This week Cerys welcomes five-time Grammy Award winner Angélique Kidjo to share her favourite Blues records! A prolific creator, she's released a large discography of music which cross-pollinates the West African traditions from her childhood in Benin. She's been singing since she was six years old, is widely acknowledged as one of the most influential people, and was the first Black African artist to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. For her new album Hope!! Angélique has collaborated with Pharrell Williams, Nile Rodgers and the Soweto Gospel Choir.
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GA‐20 & Charlie Musselwhite
Crazy Love
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Marc Broussard
You'll Be Sorry
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Angélique Kidjo & Florent Pagny
Malaïka
- HOPE!!.
- Parlophone (France).
- 16.
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Robert Johnson
Sweet Home Chicago
- King Of The Delta Blues Singers (Volume 2).
- Columbia/Legacy.
- 3.
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Angélique Kidjo
Salala (feat. Peter Gabriel)
- Djin Djin.
- Razor & Tie.
- 4.
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Percy Mayfield
Please Send Me Someone To Love
- Poet Of The Blues.
- Specialty Records.
- 1.
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Angélique Kidjo, Fally Ipupa & The Cavemen.
Nadi Balance (feat. Sheila Maurice‐Grey)
- HOPE!!.
- Parlophone (France).
- 15.
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Frank Sinatra
Blues In The Night
- Sings For Only The Lonely (Deluxe).
- FRANK SINATRA HYBRID.
- 21.
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Ali Farka Touré & Ry Cooder
Ai Du
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Angélique Kidjo
Lon Lon
- Djin Djin.
- Razor & Tie.
- 13.
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Ann Peebles
Slipped, Tripped And Fell In Love
- 99 Lbs.
- Fat Possum.
- 10.
Broadcast
- Mon 27 Apr 202621:00BBC Radio 2
