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Exuberance and Passion: Angélique Kidjo makes a lot of music

April 24, 2023 by: Steve Hochman

Angélique Kidjo, Saturday April 29 at 4:05 p.m., Congo Square Stage

Angélique Kidjo is rapturously, ravenously eating crawfish, stuffing her mouth from her hands, making ecstatic noises, then rubbing the top of her shaved head in the throes of pure elation, never mind the residue and spices she’s getting all over.

Except the crawfish are imaginary. So are the seasonings on her hands. She’s in her Brooklyn home on Zoom, bereft of crawfish....

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