Her father was a diplomat and she spent her childhood traveling several continents - Algeria, Saudi Arabia, Belgium, and France. Rokia Traore’s family was both a blessing and a curse for her musical career. In other words, she's a Malian singer/songwriter, aware of her country's roots, but hardly. With a gentle, lulling voice and acoustic instrumentation she tells her tales.įor her third outing, Rokia Traore refines the work on her first two discs. She's not a griotte, and she's not following in the Wassoulou footsteps of, say, Oumou Sangare. In other words, she's a Malian singer/songwriter, aware of her country's roots, but hardly bound by them. For her third outing, Rokia Traore refines the work on her first two discs.
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