Lobi Traoré

Lobi Traoré
Born 1961
Bakaridianna, Mali
Died 2010 (aged 4849)
Bamako, Mali
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Occupation(s) Singer

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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