Angelique Kidjo - Black Ivory Soul
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Artist: Angelique KidjoEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2011-03-11
Music Label: Columbia
Soundtracks:
- Bahia
- Iwoya
- Olofoofo
- Tumba
- Black Ivory Soul
- Refavela
- Iemanja
- Afirika
- Okan Bale
- Ominira
- Mondjuba
- Ces Petits Riens
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Free Music Review: Mind-expanding
Hit: 5 Stars
World beat music is an annoyingly vague and broadly defined term, implying as it does that music recorded outside the US, the UK and parts of Europe, with primarily non-English lyrics, is somehow fundamentally different than so-called popular music, destined for shelving in the world beat/fusion/whatever catchall bins. With her latest release, Black Ivory Soul, Angélique Kidjo makes an earnest attempt at shattering such narrow-minded conventions. Bridging the exuberant sounds of her native Benin (strongly represented on the album highlight "Afrika") with the rhythm-heavy emphasis typical of northeastern Brazil (the stirring "Ominira"), Kidjo manages to narrow the Atlantic-sized gulf between the two countries and create a fine set of cross-pollinated, tightly crafted songs. Her duet with Dave Matthews (the bland "Iwoya") and mood-breaking closer (a cover of Serge Gainsbourg's "Ces Petits Riens") detract from the album's overall effectiveness. Those drawbacks aside, however, Black Ivory Soul is recommended for those interested in music without borders, where it's the sound, not the country of origin, that matters most.
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Angélique Kidjo's previous albums have been decidedly patchy affairs, with tracks ranging from the sublime to the abysmal. With Black Ivory Soul, however, Kidjo strikes a lovely and generally consistent note. Exploring the connections between her native Benin and Brazil's Bahia region, she makes beautiful music flavored by two continents on songs such as "Tumba," with its crisp but subtle percussion driving a lilting melody, or "Afrika," where the cascading notes of the kora help bridge the Atlantic. Co-writing with talents like Carlinhos Brown and Vinícius Cantuária has helped; they've toned down the R&B influence than ran through Oremi and replaced it with something more individual. Kidjo sounds strongest when she's very rootsy, as on her cover of Gilberto Gil's "Refavela," which stands in stark contrast to the bland "Iwoya," a duet with Dave Matthews that sounds like nothing more than a calculated shot at radio airplay. Even the odd track out, a version of "Ces Petits Riens" by Serge Gainsbourg, works because of its spare delight. In following her muse and her history, Kidjo has produced her best work to date. --Chris Nickson
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