On March 6, 2025, Angélique Kidjo joined nine-time GRAMMY winning ... The evening benefited Jazz House Kids, a nationally-acclaimed nonprofit that uses the power and legacy of jazz to give ...

On March 6, host Christian McBride, the distinguished jazz bassist and nine-time Grammy winner, will welcome the equally renowned vocalist and musical powerhouse Angélique Kidjo to the stage.

Music icon Angélique Kidjo is celebrating 40 years in music ... nothing is impossible for us to achieve', we do that. Those kids playing in the orchestra, they're second, third and first ...

“If you are an African musician, people are waiting for you to fail,” says Angélique Kidjo, five time Grammy ... “Today’s kids don’t want anyone telling them what to do.

Kidjo also sang "Redemption Song" by Bob Marley, and her own song, "Sunlight to My Soul," demonstrating her virtuosity. On ...

Angélique Kidjo still remembers the night she learned what it means to be "naked spiritually" on stage. It was something her mom taught her. When the Beninese singer was young, her mom ran the ...

Angelique Kidjo arrives at the presentation of the Gershwin Prize, which honors a musician’s lifetime contribution to popular music, hosted at DAR Constitution Hall in Washington on Wednesday ...

The five-time Grammy winner talks about fleeing a communist dictatorship, the pre-eminence of African music – and being labelled a ‘diva’ When Angélique Kidjo fled Benin’s communist ...

Music icon Angélique Kidjo is celebrating 40 years in music ... nothing is impossible for us to achieve', we do that. Those kids playing in the orchestra, they're second, third and first ...