ANGÉLIQUE KIDJO
Tickets to the following shows are available for free via NJArts.net. Winning entries will be chosen randomly from among those sending emails to njartscontest@gmail.com. Also, please send an email to this address if you are interested in offering tickets for a giveaway.
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Angélique Kidjo, the Benin-born and now New York-based, five-time Grammy-winning singer-songwriter, will release an album, Hope!!, on April 24, that will feature collaborations with Ayra Starr (listen to “Aye Kan,” below), Pharrell, Charlie Wilson, Nile Rodgers, The Soweto Gospel and others. She will also perform at The McCarter Theatre Center in Princeton, April 11 at 7:30 p.m.
For a chance to win two tickets, send an email with “Kidjo” in the subject line to njartscontest@gmail.com by noon April 7.
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DANNY CLINCH
JOHN PRINE, 1946-2020
The Outpost in the Burbs will present a tribute concert honoring John Prine, April 11 at 8 p.m. at Montclair’s First Congregational Church. Performers will include Ted Leo, Laura Cantrell, Leslie Mendelson, Carolann Solebello and Sam Robbins.
Prine — the singer-songwriter whose best known songs include “Angel From Montgomery,” “Hello in There,” “Paradise,” “Sam Stone,” “That’s the Way the World Goes ‘Round” and “Please Don’t Bury Me” — died in 2020, at the age of 73.
For a chance to win two tickets, send an email with “Prine” in the subject line to njartscontest@gmail.com by noon April 7.
Note: In association with this concert, Montclair Film will screen the documentary, “You Got Gold: A Celebration of John Prine,” April 11 at 4 p.m. at Montclair’s Clairidge movie theater. The ticket giveaway is for the concert only.
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