Lobi Traoré Explained

Lobi Traoré
Background:solo_singer, band leader
Birth Date:1961
Birth Place:Bakaridianna, Mali
Death Place:Bamako, Mali
Genre:Blues
Malian Folk
Folk
Desert blues
Instrument:Vocals, Guitar
Label:World Circuit

Lobi Traoré (1961  - 1 June 2010[1]) was a Malian musician. He was born in the village of Bakaridianna, on the Niger River close to Ségou and died in Bamako. His singing has been described in The Economist as "flat, strangely penetrating tone, somewhere between rap and blues".

His breakthrough album, Bamako, produced by Ali Farka Touré, was released in 1994. It was voted one of the best rock albums of the year by Libération and one of the best world music albums by Le Monde.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Echostar / Lobi Traoré, le précurseur du " bamanan blues " n’est plus . Maliweb.net . 2016-02-06.