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Boubacar Traore
Boubacar Traoré carries within him all the beauty of African blues. A diamond among the jewels of Mandingo music, he shines with the dark glow of exceptional purity. Only the voice of "Kar Kar" (a footballing nickname meaning “The Dribbler” given him by his friends, who also love the beautiful game) can blend Niger and Mississippi river alluvia with such moving authenticity. His unique, inimitable, self-taught guitar technique owes a great deal to his kora influences, but its shades and phrasing also suggest the great black bluesmen of the deep South: Blind Willie McTell, Robert Johnson, Muddy Waters and others. Back in the 60s when the euphoria of African independence reigned, the 20-year-old Boubacar Traoré was Mali’s Chuck Berry and Elvis Presley
The Bill Frisell Trio+1 at Roulette in Brooklyn
by Dave Kaufman
Bill Frisell brought his Trio to Roulette in Brooklyn on Friday (May 27, 2022). He has a lengthy history with the venue dating back to his early days in New York City (late 1970s/early 1980s) when Roulette was situated in lower Manhattan and served as a forum for up-and-coming adventurous artists. On this occasion, the Trio ...
Introducing Sweden's Havtorn Records
by Eyal Hareuveni
The new Swedish label, Havtorn Records, was founded in 2011 by three musicians-- drummer Måns Wikenmo, bassist Donovan von Martens and pianist Oscar Johansson. The three longed to create a label that would also be a platform for a community of a new generation of musicians, most of them residing in the cities of Malmö and ...
Boubacar Traore CD Release: "Mali Danhou" June 14
Down Home in Bamako: Boubacar Traoré and the Mischievously Subtle Guitar Blues of Mali Denhou Boubacar Traoré took his guitar and strode out into the fields outside of Bamako, Mali. There, in the country quiet, he wrote a dozen new songs in a month. Town is too noisy. And I didn't go to the bush, but ...
Best Of Boubacar Traor
Label: Wrasse Records
Released: 2003
Track listing: Bebe Bo Nadero; Kar Kar Madison; Soundiata; Mancipera; Mali Twist; Macire; Les Enfants de
Pierrette; Dounia; Mouso Teke Soma Ye; Tounga Mogni; Maou Leye Mara; Je Chanterai Pour Toi;
Santa Mariya.