Another Who Knows? - I love Angelique Kidjo but I never received my order from Amazon nor have they issued me a credit. Don t ever go with the free shipping option or your order will get lost somewhere in U.S. Mail limbo.
Oyaya - Its a very nice album for any time! Sweet rythm of Cuba, you can feel it!!
good for occasional listening - I saw Kidjo on TV and liked her but when just listening--not seeing her movement--it gets old fast. I think I might like a music with English language better.
a gem - well, i will not profess to know much about carribean music or where the african music has fused with the carribean music in this album but it s good. angelique has crafted a great album for the end of her musical trilogy. it s not really like her previous albums but it carries Kidjo-ness in it. there is joy and power in the more upbeat songs like Seyin Djro and there is sensual tenderness in the slow songs like N yin wan nou we .like the title says, OYAYA, there is joy in this album, and i think is woth having if you like african or latin music or if you enjoy a good song.
More Latin than African--She has much better work elsewhere - Tight Latino-Caribbean band deep with polyrhythms and horn charts sharp as a razor. Big alto voice tends to stay in the mix. Uses a wide variety of styles that sound more New World than African, but African roots surface here and there in especially hot rhythms and lighter elements of the upper part of the mix. Not as African as I had expected. Traditional in many ways. To be honest, I was disappointed. The Kidjo I want more of is the one who turned the movie, Lightning in a Bottle, on its head. Her boogied Buddy Guy into an incendiary take on Jimi Hendrix s Voodoo Child. That s the voodoo we want from Kidjo, you won t find it here. [49:47]