Meno emozionante invece la partecipazione del Kronos Quartet, che svolge il suo compito con sospetta professionalità, mettendo in evidenza la freddezza di certe partecipazioni "a distanza", spesso null'altro che trovate di un marketing ansioso di accoppiare "parole chiave". Digiti "Kronos Quartet", ti appare "Rokia Traoré".» (Altremusiche)
«On paper Rokia Traore is a bit of a radical. She's one of Mali's leading new singers, although she's not a traditional griot musician. She tries new ideas, combining traditional instruments that aren't usually brought together, and on this album works with the classical musicians, the Kronos Quartet.To my untrained ear her experiments are entirely successful.
The daughter of a Malian' diplomat she built her career in France before returning to Mali and is only now becoming a star there.On this, her third album, she sounds right at the heart of the traditions of West African music.
Rokia's vocal style is very much her own. She doesn't have the high pitched, keening, attack of Oumou Sangare, or the rougher, deeper tang of Kandia Kouyate, both of them great female artists from Mali. Her voice is quavery and bird-like, soft, fragile and attractive. Curiously, it reminds me a little of Ethiopian and even Asian vocal styles. But it has an inner power, and on the faster paced songs shesings with impressive authority. "Mariama", is a passionate, intense duet with male griot singer Ousame Sacko, and one of the album's highlights.
The gentleness of Rokia's voice means this album is a reflective, subtle experience even on the faster songs like "Sara" or "Kote Don". And the two collaborations with The Kronos Quartet work extremely well. The strings lay down a pulsing layer of shifting tones and Rokia murmurs and declaims over them, and on the lovely "Manian" there's a little vocal part that sounds like Laurie Anderson's "O Superman". These tracks don't feel like experiments at all; they sound like something that could have been created in West Africa anytime in the last thousand years.
This is an album full of contemplative and meditative pleasures. If you love Malian music you will probably already have heard of Rokia. If you haven't Bowmboi is certainly worth adding to your collection.» (Nick Reynolds, BBC)
Official Website: http://www.rokiatraore.net/
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Great. I'm curious. Thanks, babe!
thanx, very good!
Thanks a lot! Rokia is great. I have another album "Wanita". I`m going to post it in my LJ.
BIG thank you again:)))
thanks, I like Rokia
This disc is beautiful beyond words. Thanks for yet another great post!
Where can I find Valery's LiveJournal?
A lovely album thank you.
Thanks, downloading to see what´s this one like.
I downloaded this.
Eccelente davvero!!!
gracias
So so nice!!!! Thanks, many thanks!!!!
Hello, It's the hidden track Yankadi,in your post?
It is fantastic indeed, thanks for sharing it.
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