Ang茅lique Kidjo
Cerys welcomes five-time Grammy Award winner Ang茅lique 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 Ang茅lique 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!! Ang茅lique has collaborated with Pharrell Williams, Nile Rodgers and the Soweto Gospel Choir.
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骋础鈥�20 & Charlie Musselwhite
Crazy Love
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Marc Broussard
You'll Be Sorry
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Ang茅lique Kidjo & Florent Pagny
惭补濒补茂办补
- 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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Ang茅lique Kidjo
Salala (feat. Peter Gabriel)
- Djin Djin.
- Razor & Tie.
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Percy Mayfield
Please Send Me Someone To Love
- Poet Of The Blues.
- Specialty Records.
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Ang茅lique Kidjo, Fally Ipupa & The Cavemen.
Nadi Balance (feat. Sheila Maurice鈥怗rey)
- HOPE!!.
- Parlophone (France).
- 15.
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Frank Sinatra
Blues In The Night
- Sings For Only The Lonely (Deluxe).
- FRANK SINATRA HYBRID.
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Ali Farka Tour茅 & Ry Cooder
Ai Du
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Ang茅lique Kidjo
Lon Lon
- Djin Djin.
- Razor & Tie.
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Ann Peebles
Slipped, Tripped And Fell In Love
- 99 Lbs.
- Fat Possum.
- 10.
Broadcast
- Mon 27 Apr 2026 21:00麻豆社 Radio 2