Rokia Traore - Tchamantche
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Artist: Rokia TraoreEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown)
CD Release Date: 2009-01-13
Music Label: Nonesuch
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Free Music Review: A gem among gems
Hit: 5 Stars
Rokia Traoré, one of Mali's most talented creative musicians, has such a distinctive voice that you will always recognize her and each time you listen to her music you are enraptured! The songs on her new CD are no exception. They are softer and gentler in tone and also more worldly than those of her previous collections, bringing elements from other music cultures into her harmonies. Yet, the ten songs, all but one written, composed and arranged by her, are very much her unique blend.
Five years after her great hit CD, the exquisite Bowmboï, whose rhythms and tonality enchanted audiences all over the world, TCHAMANTCHE will in no way lack in enthusiastic listeners. Still grounded in the traditional Mali tunes, rhythms and instruments, Rokia Traoré has found her own musical style.
Singing primarily in her own language, Bambana, Tchamantché, meaning "balance", Traoré's songs beautifully capture general human themes from personal love, spirituality and respect for Mali's traditions. (The accompanying booklet provides English and French translations). Even with her tribute to Billy Holliday, THE MAN I LOVE, the only song in this collection not written by her, she succeeds in making it very much her own song. The more you listen, the more the songs get under your skin. [Friederike Knabe]
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On Rokia Traoré s 2005 Nonesuch debut, Bowmboi, the Malian-born, European-bred singer and songwriter drew inspirationfrom the rich musical legacy of her homeland, but added a decidedly contemporary lyrical sensibility and a sophisticated persona.
Her shaven-head look was as elegantly spare and immediately striking as the arrangements of her songs. Ali Farka Touré, the
legendary Malian bluesman, had been one of her earliest champions, and European audiences eagerly embraced her.
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