Lobi Traoré (1961 – 1 June 2010
) 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
Ali Ibrahim "Ali Farka" Touré (31 October 1939 – 6 March 2006) was a Malian singer and multi-instrumentalist, and one of the African continent's most internationally renowned musicians. His music blends traditional Malian music and its deriv ...
, was released in 1994. It was voted one of the best rock albums of the year by ''
Libération
''Libération'' (), popularly known as ''Libé'' (), is a daily newspaper in France, founded in Paris by Jean-Paul Sartre and Serge July in 1973 in the wake of the protest movements of May 1968. Initially positioned on the far-left of France's ...
'' and one of the best world music albums by ''
Le Monde''.
Discography
* ''Bambara Blues'' (1992)
* ''Bamako'' (1994)
* ''Ségou'' (1996)
* ''Duga'' (1999)
* ''Mali Blue'' (2004)
* ''The Lobi Traoré Group'' (2005)
* ''Barra Coura'' (2005)
* ''Bwati Kono'' (2010)
* ''Rainy Season Blues'' (2010)
* ''Bamako Nights: Live at Bar Bozo 1995'' (2013)
References
* "Notes from the Niger", (Aug. 25, 2005), ''The Economist'' magazine.
External links
*
mondomix.com(in French)
1961 births
2010 deaths
Musicians from Bamako
People from Ségou Region
Glitterhouse Records artists
21st-century Malian people
Bambara-language singers
World Circuit (record label) artists
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