The first time African diva Angelique Kidjo performed her song-by-song version of the Talking Heads’ classic “Remain in Light,” she was headlining a sold-out show at Carnegie Hall in May 2017.

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Kidjo’s rendition, due June 8, reclaims the dense yet propulsive grooves borrowed by Talking Heads and its producer, Brian Eno; the album then expands on them with African chants and melodies ...

“Talking Heads was always a really good working, functioning collaboration. Everybody had a very important role. David’s role was of the utmost importance, but so was mine,” Frantz says.

Talking Heads expanded their worldview, welcoming some 30 additional musicians to contribute, including Johnny Marr, Arthur Russell, Mory Kanté, “Duelling Banjos” player Eric Weissberg, and ...

Angélique Kidjo first heard Talking Heads shortly after she fled the communist regime in her native Benin for Paris in 1983. Listening to Western popular music was like an act of treason in her ...

The evidence comes via the band's Instagram, which features an animated night-to-day transition featuring that 5 June date in the font used for their Talking Heads 77 debut LP, an album released ...

“Talking Heads was always a really good working, functioning collaboration. Everybody had a very important role. David’s role was of the utmost importance, but so was mine,” Frantz says.