Angelique Kidjo, Meryl Streep, Raghu Dixit
"At a very early age, around 12 years old, I started being called 'whore'" - Angelique Kidjo
This week in The Arts Hour with Nikki Bedi the Beninese singer and activist Angelique Kidjo tell Nikki why she was told to stop singing when she reached puberty - plus what she thought of Archbishop Desmond Tutu鈥檚 dancing. Also on this week鈥檚 programme: Meryl Streep explains why she tried to turn down the role that has just won her her 18th Oscar nomination and Kenneth Branagh discusses playing a ruthless Russian baddie in the new Jack Ryan film 鈥� and confides he met some shady characters in Moscow while researching the role. Christos Tsiolkas discusses how the success of his novel The Slap affected his latest book and Linda Kennedy reports on the political twist to this year鈥檚 Chinese New Year entertainments. We hear how a Bollywood style singing contest is brightening the lives of Dubai鈥檚 migrant labour camps and South Indian folk sensation Raghu Dixit seduces the audience into a sing-a-long in Kannada (his language) at the Celtic Connections Festival in Glasgow.
Photo: Angelique Kidjo (credit: 成人快手), Meryl Streep (credit: Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images), Raghu Dixit (credit: Gomtesh Upadhye)
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Angelique Kidjo
The African singer-songwriter and activist talks about her upbringing in Benin
Duration: 10:52
Kenneth Branagh
The British actor talks about his new film Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit
Duration: 06:00
Chinese New Year
In Hong Kong Linda Kennedy looks at Chinese New Year entertainment
Duration: 06:06
Meryl Streep
The actress talks about her role as a vicious matriarch in August: Osage County
Duration: 07:23
Christos Tsiolkas
Author of The Slap, discusses his new novel Barracuda
Duration: 06:57
Champ of the Camp
A film which follows migrant labourers in Dubai who have entered a talent contest.
Duration: 06:54
Raghu Dixit
The Indian musician plays and reminisces about his childhood
Duration: 05:14
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Ang茅lique Kidjo
Bomba
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Patrick Doyle
From: Shadow Recruit OST
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Kings of Leon
Last Mile 成人快手
From August: Osage County OST
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Mamma Mia
Title Track from Mamma Mia OST
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Raghu Dixit
Jag Shanga
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Ang茅lique Kidjo
Awalole
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Akshay Kumar & Karishma Kapoor
Ek Dil Hai
Ek Rishtaa OST
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Raghu Dixit
Lokada Kalaji
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Adam Taylor
Don't Let Go
From August: Osage County OST
Raghu Dixit
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Raghu Dixit has a new album out called Jag Changa
(Photo credit: Gomtesh Upadhye)
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Angelique Kidjo
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Angelique Kidjo鈥檚 new album, Eve, is released on 28 January on 429 Records, and her autobiography, Spirit Rising, is published on 30 January by Harper Collins.
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Angelique can also be heard in session on on 成人快手 Radio 3 on 14 February, speaking to Lopa Kothari and playing five tracks from her new album, Eve.听
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Photo credit: 成人快手
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Christos Tsiolkas
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This month on 听Christos talks to Harriett Gilbert about听his controversial, award-winning novel The Slap which has polarised opinion in his native听Australia and across the globe. In it he presents an apparently minor domestic incident, when a man smacks a badly behaved child, from eight very different perspectives and examines how its aftermath reverberates through the lives and communities of everyone who witnesses it. His new book is called听.
Champ of the Camp
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is a feature-length documentary film which follows migrant labourers in the controversial camps of the United Arab Emirates听who have entered a听Bollywood-themed talent contest. Made by award-winning Lebanese documentary maker Mahmoud Kaabour.听听听Broadcast
- Sun 2 Feb 2014 22:06GMT成人快手 World Service Online
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