Angélique Kidjo

It's been awhile since we've checked in on some of the other world music blogs on the interwebs, so it's high time we caught up with some of my favorite sites. Over at DubMC.com, where the business side of world music is the name of the game, blogger Dmitri Vietze has a few Q&As with influential performing arts programmers Neal Copperman, Jordan Peimer, and Tom Frouge, asking them about their favorite sights and sounds at this fall's WOMEX convention in Copenhagen. Curious as to what sort of multicultural programming you're likely to see in the coming year at your favorite local world music venue? Check out their favorite picks -- those guys are real tastemakers! At World Music Central, a mystery blogger known only as Pascale158 gives us a quick rundown of the career of African diva Dobet Gnahore, which concludes with a little bit of what seems to be insider information: we'll be seeing a new Gnahore CD in early 2010. I find this tremendously exciting, as Dobet Gnahore, who I'd liked since I heard her 2007 release Na Afriki, but went crazy for once I saw her in real life at the 2009 Festival International de Louisiane (I have the pictures to prove it), and I can't wait to hear what she comes up with next. Over at Spinner.com, Steve Hochman talks with another African diva, the formidable Angelique Kidjo, who also has a new record coming out in early 2010. Hochman snagged himself a way-in-advance preview of that record, and even has a clip from one of the songs available so you can listen, too! Sounds good to me... I can't wait to hear the whole thing! Feel free to leave a comment and share links to anything great you've read about world music lately! Around the World Music Blogosphere originally appeared on About.com World Music on Saturday, November 28th, 2009 at 00:49:40. Permalink | Comment | Email this

The Final Draw for the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa will take place in Cape Town on 4 December 2009 at the Cape Town International Convention Centre .The entertainment lined up for the 90-minute live show will include the Soweto Gospel Choir, Beninoise singer-songwriter Angelique Kidjo and Johnny Clegg.

The Grammy award-winning Soweto Gospel Choir, Beninoise singer-songwriter Angelique Kidjo and one of South Africa's greatest artists Johnny Clegg, will headline a star-studded line-up for the Final Draw of the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

The Grammy award-winning Soweto Gospel Choir, Beninoise singer-songwriter Angelique Kidjo and one of South Africa's greatest musical exports, Johnny Clegg, will headline a star-studded line-up for the 2010 Fifa World Cup Final Draw in Cape Town on 4 December.

The United Nations has collaborated with Skype, Facebook, and Ustream to give users worldwide a greater degree of exposure and access to celebrities and politicians taking part in the Stand Up Take Action! movement to end poverty. This week key figures including former Irish President Mary Robinson and African entertainers Femi Kuti, Angelique Kidjo and Yvonne Chakachaka, will be taking part in Skype video chats that Ustream will be broadcasting through the Millenium Campaign's Facebook Page and Ustream channel. The calls will also include Facebook's Live Stream widget.

Baaba Maal and Angelique Kidjo were among the headliners in a tribute to Island Records founder Chris Blackwell that rocked into the early hours at the Montreux Festival on Saturday.

Reuters - Baaba Maal and Angelique Kidjo were among the headliners in a tribute to Island Records founder Chris Blackwell that rocked into the early hours at the Montreux Festival on Saturday.

Passionate songwriter, singer and UNICEF goodwill ambassador, and currently Africa's biggest music export is on African Voices this weekend to talk about her music and life. Very few music lovers would not know Angelique Kidjo who has won a number of music awards including the 2008 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary World Music for her album Djin Djin

Chicago rapper/actor Common has joined an all-star lineup of performers taking part in the 4th Annual Jazz In the Gardens in Miami Gardens, Florida this March. Common is among the evening?s headlining acts, which will be hosted by radio personality Tom Joyner. Other headlining artists are Anthony Hamilton, Erykah Badu, Maze featuring Frankie Beverly, Kenny G., Roy Ayers, Jonathan Butler, Kenneth ?Babyface? Edmonds, Angelique Kidjo and others. "Four years ago, we were...(read more)

Maze Featuring Frankie Beverly, Anthony Hamilton, Kenny G., Common, Erykah Badu, Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds, Will Downing, Roy Ayers, Angelique Kidjo, Jonathan Butler Headline MIAMI GARDENS, Fla., Feb.

The African Diaspora for Change is a growing organization made up of a variety of movers and shakers in the Diaspora. Their mission is to create an alliance of African Diaspora voices who represent the common concerns, as a constituency, in the U.S.A, and effect change through education, empowerment, and engagement of the next generation of leaders.

Angelique Kidjo has been singing her whole life. But it?s not just for entertainment, she also wants people to understand that they have rights ? and that chief among them is the right to an education.

UNICEF goodwill ambassador Angelique Kidjo?s passion to eliminate HIV/AIDS in Africa is no secret, as the world has witnessed her dedicate herself ,and her music, in contribution to fight the stigma.