Boubacar Traoré - Je Chanterai Pour Toi

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  Wat zullen we nu weer eens draaien......

  Pieter

  30-09-2024

  "Soundtrack of a documentary film about Malian guitarist-singer-songwriter Boubacar 'Kar Kar' Traore. With his sparse, acoustic, blue and melancholic style, Traore was a star of 60s Malian music, who quit professional performance only to be re-discovered in 1987. Je Chanterai Pour Toi is an intimate collection of his best-known songs, performed impromptu, and his guitar and voice are inspirational to say the least. Although primarily a solo performer, Traore is joined on some songs by either kora (harplute), calabash, balafon (xylophone) or that other inspirational master of the African blues, Ali Farka Toure. A bonus, too, is the inclusion of a live version of Kar Kar’s ‘Sa Golo’, performed with Rokia Traore and her group, plus two of his 1963 songs recorded at Radio Mali. If you've heard any of Traore’s five previous CD releases, you’ll need little encouragement to investigate this. It's a powerful, intimate and moving experience." (Martin Sinnock, Songlines March/April 2003)