Growing up on the southern coast of Benin, Angelique Kidjo was surrounded by music, both at home and in the crowded marketplaces nearby. Under the influence of her mother, an actress and dancer, Kidjo ...

Angelique Kidjo, the Benin born singer/songwriter is celebrating the win last night of her second "Best World Music Album" Grammy Award for her #1 charting 2014 album Eve, as well as the announcement ...

Carlos Santana's "Samba Pa Ti" emerges as a captivating ballad spotlighting the always-gripping trumpet of Roy Hargrove. On "Cold Sweat," featuring members of the Afro Beat band, Antibalas, the ...

The term clanked off Angélique Kidjo’s ear when she first heard it. “African American.” How could someone be American and African at the same time, she wondered? “You think I’m stupid because I’m a ...

NEW YORK IS A GLOBal city, but when it comes to music, partisan lines are still strictly drawn. In the world-music sphere, however, those lines blur, and in the case of West African artists in ...

Talking about the roots of a polyglot performer such as Kidjo is tricky business. Born in Benin, she’s used all of Africa and the Caribbean as the base for her turbo-charged singing, songs and ...