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Seun Kuti Billed To Perform At 61st Grammy Awards

By Akinwale Akinyoade
02 February 2019   |   6:26 am
Nigerian music star, Seun Kuti is one of the performers at the 61st Grammy Awards scheduled to hold in few day time. The singer who also has a nomination at the prestigious award ceremony will be performing alongside Malian singer/songwriter, Fatoumata Diawara, at the award’s Premiere Ceremony on February 10. The statement which conveyed the announcement…

Nigerian music star, Seun Kuti is one of the performers at the 61st Grammy Awards scheduled to hold in few day time.

The singer who also has a nomination at the prestigious award ceremony will be performing alongside Malian singer/songwriter, Fatoumata Diawara, at the award’s Premiere Ceremony on February 10.

The statement which conveyed the announcement reads;

“The 61st Grammy Awards will start off with a sizzle as the lineup for the Grammy Awards Premiere Ceremony has been revealed, led by Mr. Boombastic himself, Grammy winner and current nominee, Shaggy as host.

“The prelude to music’s biggest night will also feature performances by current nominated singer/songwriter Snatam Kaur, trumpeter Craig Morris and dance duo Sofi Tukker.

Nigerian Afrobeat artist, Seun Kuti and Malian singer/songwriter Fatoumata Diawara will also perform together, and Ángela Aguilar, Aida Cuevas, and Natalia Lafourcade will unite for the first time ever to perform “La Llorona,” a Mexican folkloric classic all three artists have recorded during their career.

All of the premiere ceremony performers and the host are nominated this year, as are most of the presenters. Kuti & Egypt 80 are nominated for Best World Music Album for ‘Black Times.’”

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