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Rhian Benson<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Fela Kuti raised the bar for music, especially African music, says Ghana\u2019s soul singer Rhian Benson.<\/p>\n

In an interview with the Music Television (MTV) in UK, Rhian Benson said the late Fela Kuti was an amazing musician, especially looking at his genre of music which was \u201cfresh and challenging and complex as when he first created it.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to Rhian, who is also a MOBO award winner, if Fela Kuti was to be alive, she would have worked with him.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it would have to be Fela Kuti\u2026he\u2019s raised the bar for music, especially African music, so someone like that would be absolutely amazing to work with or even just to watch work\u201d, she answered MTV when asked if she could work with any artist dead or alive, who would be at the top of her list and why.<\/p>\n

Rhian says she was really very fortunate to have seen Fela Kuti perform live when she was a kid on a school trip to Cameroun and he was just amazing.<\/p>\n

Rhian Benson released her debut album, \u2018Gold Coast\u2019, in 2003 which featured production efforts from the likes of\u00a0Grammy-winning producers\u00a0James Poyser\u00a0(Lauryn Hill\/D\u2019Angelo) and\u00a0Bob Power\u00a0(Chaka Khan\/A Tribe Called Quest).<\/p>\n

According to MTV, the album boasted a US R&B Top 10 and UK Top 30 hit single with \u2018Say How I Feel\u2019, but due to circumstances beyond her control and the untimely loss of her mother, Rhian was forced to withdraw from the music scene for eight long years.<\/p>\n

Her new album, \u2018Hands Clean\u2019, is out now and her new single, \u2018Be\u2019, will be out today June 6, 2011.<\/p>\n

She is billed to perform live acoustic music at the London School of Economics (LSE), her former school, this Monday June 6, 2011 night.<\/p>\n

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