Mina Agossi - Fresh

Mina Agossi's tenth album to date, looks back on the celebrated French vocalist's twenty year career by revisiting some of her original songs in new arrangements.

Merging acoustic and electronic sounds around the heartbeat of the double bass, drums and percussion, fusing jazz and world music with the sensibilities of soul and rock, the album reveals more of Mina Agossi's Beninese roots in these inspired new adaptions of her songs.

Listening to Mina Agossi is like riding a motorbike through Paris, thrilling, beautiful and very bumpy. Don't expect to come out alive. - Jamie Cullum

Personnel: Mina Agossi (vocals), Eric Jacot (bass guitar), Simon Bernier (drums), St�phane Guery, Phil Reptil (guitar), Philippe Combelle (drums, percussion), Alexei Aigui (violin)