Rokia Traore performs live
Verity Sharp presents the sublime sound of Rokia Traore singing and performing live, as she premieres music from her Dream Mande project.
Verity Sharp presents the sublime sound of Rokia Traoré singing and performing live in the studio.
A protégé of legendary guitarist Ali Farka Touré, Rokia Traoré has been an innovative artistic force since 1997, never straying too far from her roots in Mali, yet defying the confines of a single culture, genre, or style. In addition to award-winning solo albums, she has collaborated musically alongside artists such as Kronos Quartet and Damon Albarn, and worked in the theatre with Toni Morrison and Peter Sellars. She is in the UK for the 2019 edition of Brighton Festival, an annual multi-arts event, where she is serving as this year’s guest director, placing a particular emphasis on diversity and inclusive collaboration, oral storytelling and Malian culture.
Traces of myth, fable, history and spirituality are also present in the rest of tonight’s programme, which features Ana Roxanne’s devotional songwriting, Tim Hecker’s exploration of ancient Japanese court music, and C Joynes’ new composition inspired by 16th-century travellers' tales.
Produced by Jack Howson.
A Reduced Listening Production for 大象传媒 Radio 3.
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高桥祐次郎
Nambu Ushi Oi Uta
- Min'yo: Folk Song From Japan.
- Nimbus.
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Jeanne Lee & Ran Blake
Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most
- The Newest Sound You Never Heard.
- A-Side Records.
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Ana Roxanne
Slowness
- ~?~?~.
- LEAVING RECORDS.
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Kae Tempest
Firesmoke
- The Book Of Traps & Lessons.
- Fiction.
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Rokia Traoré
Lalla
- Live for Late Junction.
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Rokia Traoré
M'Bifo
- Live for Late Junction.
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Lady Vendredi
Dream of the Sea
- Neon Dream.
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C Joynes & The Furlong Bray
Triennale
- The Borametz Tree.
- Thread Recordings.
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Ayub Ogada
Waritarita
- Kodhi - Trevor Warren's Adventures with Ayub Ogada.
- Long Tale Recordings.
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André Marchand, Lisa Ornstein & Normand Miron
Le Batteux; Le Petit Cheval Rouge
- Le Bruit court dans la ville.
- Talencourt Musique.
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Kyoto Imperial Court Music Orchestra
Etenraku
- Gagaku - The Imperial Court Music Of Japan.
- Lyrichord.
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Tim Hecker
You never were
- Anoyo.
- kranky.
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Jan Bang, Erik Honoré, Eivind Aarset & Samuel Rohrer
Child of Folly
- DARK STAR SAFARI.
- arjunamusic.
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Nick Hart
The Two Sisters
- Nick Hart Sings Nine English Folk Songs.
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Rokia Traoré
Kélé Mandi (Live for Late Junction)
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Chee Malabar, Anand Subramanian & Teju Cole
Wild Geese
- The Beautiful, Rowdy Prisoners.
Broadcast
- Wed 8 May 2019 23:00大象传媒 Radio 3
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