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Angélique Kidjo: Voodoo Child (Slight Return)
Kidjo has long expressed her admiration for Hendrix, describing him as the most important figure in the history of rock 'n' roll and a gateway to her understanding of the complex relationship between Africa and America.
She recorded Hendrix's "Voodoo Child (Slight Return)" on her album Oremi (Island Records, 1998). But this incendiary version, recorded live in an Australian television studio, captures the singer in all her glory. A veritable force of nature, Kidjo is the voodoo child of Miriam Makeba, Bella Bellow, Celia Cruz, Aretha Franklin... and Jimi Hendrix.
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