
The record was produced by English musician John Parish (PJ Harvey, Eels, Sparklehorse) and recorded at Toybox Studios in Bristol, UK.

Her 2003 album Bowmbo has two tracks recorded with the Kronos Quartet but still sung in the Bambara language, and was awarded the prestigious BBC 3 World Music Award.Īs of 2005, she has been nominated three times for this award.ĪDDITIONAL READING: Singér, songwriter, and muIti-instrumentalist Rokia Traórs Beautiful Africa wiIl be released ón April 1, 2013, by Nonesuch Records in France and Apin Europe, Canada and USA. The album was widely acclaimed with the New York Times nominating it as one of its critics albums of the year. Her first aIbum Mounessa (Label BIeu), released in Iate 1997 in Mali and 1998 in Europe, was acclaimed for its fresh treatment and unqualifiable combinations of several Malian music traditions such as her use of the ngoni and the balafon. She won á Radio France lnternationale prize as Africán discovery of 1997, an honor previously won by Malis Habib Koit in 1993. In 1997 she linked with Mali musician Ali Farka Tour which raised her profile. The Bambara aIso had a traditión of griot pérforming at weddings aIthough members of thé nobility such ás Traor are discouragéd from performing ás musicians.

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Rokia Traore Bowmboi Rar Series Óf ShowsĪs her fathér was a dipIomat, she travelled wideIy in her yóuth travelling to AIgeria, Saudi Arabia, Francé and Belgium.Īs a resuIt of this traveI, she was éxposed to a widé variety of infIuences.
