Ravenna Festival
Black is beautiful
Rokia Traoré
La più ammaliante delle nuove voci dell’Africa
Mamah Diabaté ngoni
Eric Lohrer chitarra
Naba Traoré voce
Christophe Minck basso
Laurent Robin batteria
The music of Rokia Traoré strikes roots into Africa, and more specifically into the Mali of her origins, but greatly differs from the music of her more traditional fellow-countrymen by virtue of the very different traditions and cultures she had the chance of meeting. The Malian songwriter follows the classic Western composition method, organizing melodies on her guitar, moving them around and matching music and words (in her mother tongue) that live in mutual symbiosis with the emotions of the musical gesture. See her latest album, Tchamantché, where Traoré lends her soft and gentle voice to all those Africans who daily tackle all basic necessities: drinkable water, food, clothes, shelter.
