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SheвЂ™s looking right at the camera, giving a soft smile, and her eyes, they are so serene. 'Just seeing an American singer wearing an African dress had a huge impact on me. Aretha is sitting on the steps of a church, in front of an open doorway, and sheвЂ™s wearing a beautiful African dress the color of burnt sienna lined in pink. 'When Amazing Grace came out, it was the first time I saw a black woman on an album cover. 'Aretha: you're the reason why I'm a singer today,' she posted online after Franklin's death. Kidjo has also traced the origins of her long music career to American singer Aretha Franklin who diedВ recently. American producer Jeff Bhasker, who was named Best Producer at the 2015 Grammys, worked on Remain in Light. Keys was also a guest on the title track of Kidjo's 2007 album Djin Djin. Keys and Kidjo performed at the 2009 Mandela Day celebration in New York and sang together at a Keep a Child Alive event in 2016. The remix is not the first time Kidjo hasВ workedВ with Keys or with an artist grounded in the US. 'Film yourself dancing to вЂThe Great CurveвЂ™ from the Remain in Light album and post your video with the hashtag #thegreatcurvevideo.' Many listeners responded and Kidjo shared the results. 'Do you want to be a part of my next music video, a Tribute to Mother Earth?' she said.

Kidjo's first take on theВ 'The Great Curve' came with a request made online. Antibalas supply the horns and KidjoвЂ™s regular collaborator, Dominic James, is alsoВ on theВ guitar. Her new version of 'The Great Curve' has Alicia Keys on vocals, Questlove on drums and Blood Orange on guitar.

The Beninese performer's reworking of that album has earned plaudits fromВ western critics, andВ now the singer has been backed by Amazon Music. There is something really empowering about finding yourself and your own inner strength.The song,В a remix of a song by American band Talking Heads, was first covered by Kidjo in 2017'sВ version of the band's acclaimed 1980 album Remain inВ Light.

#NEW YORK ALICIA KEYS ALBUM COVER FULL#

Girl on Fire is about new beginnings, new perspectives and fresh startsвЂ¦ stripping away all the bad energy in your life and taking full control of the reigns and how you want to live. I promise when you hear it, itвЂ™s a new me, I gave it my all: powerful, soulful, honesty and heartвЂ¦ With Girl on Fire, I want to move you and surprise you. I canвЂ™t wait to share this album with you. I discovered so many beautiful sounds, and meanings and a lot about the power of a song. Once I made that choice I became a Girl on Fire, the lion broke free!!Дuring the recording process, I mostly stayed in NY but on some cool and memorable occasions, I traveled to different places, and worked with many collaborators, (some old friends, some new). вЂњIt is called Girl on Fire!!! And thatвЂ™s exactly how I feel!!! YouвЂ™ll be learning more about it soonвЂ¦ but let me just say before making this record, in some ways I felt like a lion locked in a cageвЂ¦I felt like a girl misunderstood that no one really knew, I felt like it was time to stop making excuses for any part of my life that I wanted to change. In a statement via her website, Alicia Keys explains why she called the album вЂњGirl On Fire.вЂќ According to the R&B singer, the album represents a new beginning for her. Alicia Keys unveils the cover artwork for her highly anticipated album вЂњGirl On Fire,вЂќ due on November 27th.

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