ANGELIQUE KIDJO LIVE: REVIEW
ANGELIQUE KIDJO Sydney Opera House, March 8 The Talking Heads album, Remain In Light, along with the too rarely remembered album, My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts, made roughly concurrently by Heads’ man David Byrne and Remain In Light’s producer Brian Eno, brought together New York’s anxious post-punk, Middle America’s religious heart and West Africa’s rhythms and drive – particularly that of Nigerian Fela Kuti. It wasn’t just exciting, physical music; for western music ears in