Traoré, Rokia / Beautiful Africa
Album: Beautiful Africa   Collection:World
Artist:Traoré, Rokia   Added:Sep 2013
Label:Nonesuch Records  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2013-09-29 Pull Date: 2013-12-01 Charts: Reggae/World
Week Ending: Dec 1 Nov 24 Nov 17 Nov 10 Nov 3 Oct 27 Oct 20
Airplays: 1 1 1 1 2 1 1

Recent Airplay
1. Mar 18, 2023: Music Casserole
N'Téri
4. Dec 14, 2016: At the Cafe Bohemian
Lalla
2. Nov 20, 2021: Music Casserole
N'Téri
5. Mar 07, 2015: Music Casserole
N’Téri
3. Mar 22, 2018: Melange
Lalla
6. Jan 03, 2014: World Tour
Kouma

Album Review
Don Farrell
Reviewed 2013-09-29
Singer songwriter from Mali with a wonderful voice. Accompanied by guitars, n'goni (lute), drums, backup vocals and human beatbox. English translation of songs in booklet.
****1: 3:29 mid to faster, GREAT vocal, driving bass line, chorus
****2: 4:01 mid tempo, great fuzzed out guitar and fast singing
3: 3:29 fast, mostly a hard driving vocal & backup
4: 6:26 mid tempo, mellow, guitars
5: 4:08 mid to faster, in French, guitars with percussion, long fade
***6: 9:28 slow, throaty voc/wail, slow sparse plucked strings, fast singing & percussion at end
***7: 5:24 fast, mostly pounding beat, then plucked strings & voc
8: 3:35 fast, mellow pounding beat, vocal & spoken word in French & English
***9: 5:04 slow to mid, vocal (some English), bass & guitar

Track Listing
1. Lalla   5. Mélancolie
2. Kouma   6. N'Téri
3. Sikey   7. Tuit Tuit
4. Ka Moun Kè   8. Beautiful Africa
  9. Sarama