{"id":41813,"date":"2019-04-19T18:33:44","date_gmt":"2019-04-19T16:33:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/6-albums-you-need-to-hear-this-week\/"},"modified":"2020-04-27T03:26:12","modified_gmt":"2020-04-27T02:26:12","slug":"6-albums-04-19-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/6-albums-04-19-19\/","title":{"rendered":"6 albums you need to hear this week"},"content":{"rendered":"

In this week\u2019s selection: Queen B releases a surprise live album,\u00a0Ang\u00e9lique Kidjo dedicates her album to iconic Celia Cruz and Simi\u00a0rolls out a new release. <\/em>More below.<\/em><\/h4>\n
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Beyonc\u00e9<\/b><\/p>\n

Homecoming\u00a0<\/b><\/em><\/p>\n

Following the release of the HOMECOMING<\/em> documentary, showcasing Beyonc\u00e9\u2019s live performance in Coachella in 2018, she just released an eponym live album by surprise. The 40-track project features a handful of exclusive tracks, in addition to her full live set, among which a recording of Blue Ivy singing \u201cLift Every Voice and Sing\u201d and a cover of \u201cBefore I Let Go\u201d by Frankie Beverly and Maze. From \u201cCrazy In Love\u201d to \u201cBaby Boy\u201d, the live show features the singer\u2019s greatest hits among more intimate songs, all intensified by the brass ensemble following her on stage.<\/span><\/p>\n

Listen:\u00a0Apple Music<\/a>\u00a0\/\u00a0Deezer\u00a0<\/a>\/\u00a0Spotify\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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Ang\u00e9lique Kidjo<\/h5>\n
Celia<\/em><\/h5>\n

After reworking the Talking Head\u2019s cornerstone album <\/span>Remain In Light,<\/span><\/i> the three Grammys laureate now turns to Celia Cruz. The artist was the leading figure of Salsa, a music style invented in-between Miami and New York by the Cuban and Porto Rican diaspora. Kidjo seeks tracing up to the African roots of this music style born through complex cultural exchanges, injecting her powerful voice and energy inside them.<\/span><\/p>\n

Listen:\u00a0Apple Music<\/a>\u00a0\/\u00a0Spotify\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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MC Waraba & M\u00e9l\u00e8k\u00e9<\/h5>\n
Supreme Talent Show<\/em><\/h5>\n

Four years after their debut album Danbe<\/em>, released on Sahel Sounds<\/a><\/span>, MCs Waraba & M\u00e9k\u00e8l\u00e9 return with Supreme Talent Show, an album that push forward their experiments of the Balani Show concept confirming their status as pioneers. Through 10 upbeat songs, the duo from Bamako immerse themselves in to popular sounds of Ghana or Nigeria in an atmosphere where trap, kuduro, and dancehall rub elbows with balafons and other traditional tamas<\/span><\/p>\n

Listen:\u00a0<\/span>Apple Music<\/a>\u00a0\/\u00a0Spotify\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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King Doudou<\/b><\/p>\n

Novinha \/ Tremendo Bumbum<\/b><\/em><\/p>\n

Editions Gravats\u2019 sub-label Les Disques De La Bretagne\u00a0is back with an EP by french producer King Doudou. Featuring MC Buseta and Kaydy Cain, the two tracks and their instrumentals channel industrial and syncopated sounds, borrowing from baile funk as well as dembow. Buseta\u2019s innovative mumble lyrics echo the hazy yet powerful rhythms of Doudou\u2019s global club rhythms in a restless atmosphere. A bold blend that follows the path of the label\u2019s previous releases from Low Jack, Clara!, Rainforest Spiritual Enslavement and more.<\/span><\/p>\n

Order here\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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King Lutendo<\/h5>\n
Mavu<\/em><\/h5>\n

King Lutendo is a talented illustrator, designer, music producer, rapper, and songwriter. Hailing from the streets of Venda, he already racks up as one of Limpopo\u2019s best freestyle rapper thanks to his creative lyrics.<\/span><\/p>\n

The 9-track\u00a0Mavu<\/em> is King Lutendo\u2019s first official album, deeply rooted in his Venda heritage. \u201cThe album is based around the concept of self-discovery and getting to the point of knowing and accepting the person I am\u201d he shares with Apple Music. <\/span><\/p>\n

Listen:\u00a0Apple Music<\/a>\u00a0\/\u00a0Deezer\u00a0<\/a>\/\u00a0Spotify\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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Simi<\/h5>\n
Omo Charlie Champagne Vol.1<\/em><\/h5>\n

Similola Ogunleye, Nigerian songstress better known as Simi, <\/span>rolls out her 3rd studio album Omo Charlie Champagne<\/em>, an album dedicated to her father. Omo Charlie Champagne<\/em> follows\u00a0<\/span>Simisola<\/span><\/i>, which went on to win the ‘Album of the Year’ award at the 2018 Headies.<\/span> The album contains 15 tracks, four of which have been pre-released and features the likes of Adekunle Gold, Falz, Patoranking and Maleek Berry.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00c9couter sur :\u00a0Apple Music<\/a>\u00a0\/\u00a0Spotify\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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