| Traore, Rokia / Ne So |
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| Album: | Ne So | Collection: | World | |
| Artist: | Traore, Rokia | Added: | Apr 2016 | |
| Label: | Nonesuch Records | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2016-04-18 | Pull Date: | 2016-06-19 | Charts: | Reggae/World |
| Week Ending: | Jun 19 | Jun 5 | May 22 | May 1 | Apr 24 |
| Airplays: | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Sep 08, 2018: | Music Casserole Strange Fruit | 4. | Jun 18, 2016: | Music Casserole Ile | |
| 2. | Mar 22, 2018: | Melange Ne So | 5. | Jun 16, 2016: | Melange Tu Voles | |
| 3. | Jan 25, 2018: | Melange Tu Voles | 6. | Jun 02, 2016: | Melange Tu Voles |
| Album Review |
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| Margy Kahn Reviewed 2016-04-14 | ||
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Internationally known Malian singer, songwriter, guitarist who grew up partly in France and has recorded with the Kronos Quartet. Varied and accomplished set of songs; interesting and strong on percussion, a little hypnotic; airy and captivating; sings in her native Bamana, French, and English NO FCC's DETECTED; Favorite tracks: 1, 6, 10 *1—4:04 – “You Fly (from Every Hurt)” – in French – minimal accompaniment at first– alluring voice 2--4:27 – “Thus it is that nothing pleasurable hurts” – uptempo with chorus – sung in Bamana 3—5:17 – sung in Bamana – “Success always has a reason,” call and response with harmonies 4--3:06 – “Amour” – French--Malian hymn to the delights of love – alluring Francophone 5- 5:35 – “Good May Bring Forth Good” – Bamana, subtle accompaniment; more vocal tremolo *6- 3:54 - “You There” --Bamana – non-violent rebuttal to verbal abuse – Nice harmony interspersed with solo *7 – 3:26 – “Niele” – name for first girl in Bamana – charming exhortation to young girls to endure and believe in themselves, layered vocals 8—4:06- describes in Bamana how important singer thinks Malian heritage is to her identity 9 – 3:40—“Strange Fruit” with long intro – in English- electric guitar featured *10- 3:53-- title song about 5,500,000 refugees in 2014 – begins in spoken French with beautiful string backup, segues to Bamana, then another male voice comes in with English; layered languages, voices, instruments 11-- 4:07-- in English – spoken word with instruments underneath; need for respect in the world | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Tu Voles | 6. | Ile | |||
| 2. | Obike | 7. | O Niele | |||
| 3. | Kenia | 8. | Kolokani | |||
| 4. | Amour | 9. | Strange Fruit | |||
| 5. | Maye | 10. | Ne So | |||
| 11. | Se Dan | |||||