Angélique Kidjo

Singer/songwriter Jimmy Buffett regaled audiences for over five decades with songs about the faces and places from his lifelong journey along the road less traveled. His upcoming album Equal Strain On All Parts is a new chapter in that story as a playful and heartfelt gift to his dedicated fans. Inspired by his grandfather's description of a good nap, the album features some well-known friends, including Paul McCartney, Emmylou Harris, Angelique Kidjo,...

Introduction -- Opening: seeing new worlds -- Ready for the revolution -- The musician's life -- Say it loud -- Motherhood and Mother Earth -- Back to Benin -- Voodoo child -- The messenger -- Mutoto Kwanza -- Batonga -- My father's voice -- Epilogue -- Recipes. The singer, songwriter, and activist shares her story of escape from Africa, where her voice was censored by the Communist regime, to become a Grammy Award-winning, Billboard-topping musician...

One hundred years ago, the blues was discovered as a musical form. To celebrate, more than 50 musicians gathered in New York City for a benefit concert.