Angelique Kidjo Re-imagines "Remain In Light"

Soundcheck | May 3, 2017

Three-time Grammy-winning Beninese diva, Angélique Kidjo, gives a preview of her reinterpretation of Talking Heads' classic 1980 album, Remain in Light, with an all-star band and special guests. In advance of the project's Carnegie Hall premiere later this week, these re-imagined songs will very likely bring West African rhythms and guitars, along with the Antibalas horns, and all kinds of backing vocal layers. Angélique Kidjo and her band perform some of these new versions live in the studio.

Here's her hit, "Agolo":

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