In Paris

The follow-up to the prodigiously gifted Star Feminine Band's 2020 debut album, sees the seven-piece all-female group - aged between 12 and 19 - from Benin release 10-track studio album In Paris. To produce a record can be quite an adventure - to do so with young girls from Northwest Benin is one tall order. Though not exactly a world music label, Born Bad took up the challenge and released Star Feminine Band's first album to critical acclaim. Unfortunately, the subsequent European tour was cancelled due to Covid. The pandemic didn't get the better of them, though; with their desire to go up on European stages still very much alive, the combo reappeared on the Transmusicales festival's line-up just one year later and recorded this album whilst in France.