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Rokia Traoré kicks off a four-week spring tour of the United States and the UK this weekend with a Saturday night set at the Stewart Theatre in Raleigh, North Carolina. She will spend the next week playing up and down the East Coast of the US, followed by a UK leg starting later this month. For the UK dates, Traoré will be joined by Mercury Prize-nominated British trio Sweet Billy Pilgrim.

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Rokia Traoré kicks off a four-week spring tour of the United States and the UK this weekend with a Saturday night set at the Stewart Theatre in Raleigh, North Carolina. She will spend the next week playing up and down the East Coast of the US, making stops in Washington, DC; Amherst, MA; Hanover, NH; Somerville, MA; New York, NY; and Burlington, VT; along the way through April 18.

Later in the month, Traoré begins the UK leg of the tour, starting at Koko in London on April 27, before heading to Liverpool, Bristol, Gateshead, Edinburgh, Manchester, and Brighton, ending at Coventry's Warwick Arts Centre on May 7. For all eight UK dates, Traoré will be joined by Sweet Billy Pilgrim, the Mercury Prize-nominated British trio likened to Radiohead and Talk Talk. The program promises an intriguing night of adventurous music-makers, a pairing Traoré devised after her support act opened for her at an acclaimed one-off date at the Barbican in London last year.

To pick up a copy of Traoré's most recent Nonesuch release, Tchamantché, which New York Times music critic Jon Pareles named one of the best albums of 2009, head to the Nonesuch Store.

Below are the scheduled spring tour dates. For more information and venue links, visit nonesuch.com/on-tour.

ROKIA TRAORÉ'S SPRING 2010 TOUR

Apr 10 Stewart Theatre, NC State Univ. Raleigh, NC
Apr 11 Lisner Auditorium, GW Univ. Washington, DC
Apr 14 Fine Arts Center, Univ. of Mass. Amherst, MA
Apr 15 Spaulding Auditorium, Dartmouth College Hanover, NH
Apr 16 Somerville Theatre Somerville, MA
Apr 17 Highline Ballroom New York, NY
Apr 18 Flynn Center Burlington, VT
Apr 27 Koko* London, ENGLAND
Apr 28 Philharmonic Hall* Liverpool, ENGLAND
Apr 30 Colston Hall* Bristol, ENGLAND
May 2 The Sage Gateshead* Gateshead, ENGLAND
May 4 Usher Hall* Edinburgh, SCOTLAND
May 5 Bridgewater Hall* Manchester, ENGLAND
May 6 Brighton Dome* Brighton, ENGLAND
May 7 Warwick Arts Centre* Coventry, ENGLAND

* w/ Sweet Billy Pilgrim

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  • Friday, April 9, 2010
    Rokia Traoré Kicks Off Spring Tour of US and UK
    Benoit Peverelli

    Rokia Traoré kicks off a four-week spring tour of the United States and the UK this weekend with a Saturday night set at the Stewart Theatre in Raleigh, North Carolina. She will spend the next week playing up and down the East Coast of the US, making stops in Washington, DC; Amherst, MA; Hanover, NH; Somerville, MA; New York, NY; and Burlington, VT; along the way through April 18.

    Later in the month, Traoré begins the UK leg of the tour, starting at Koko in London on April 27, before heading to Liverpool, Bristol, Gateshead, Edinburgh, Manchester, and Brighton, ending at Coventry's Warwick Arts Centre on May 7. For all eight UK dates, Traoré will be joined by Sweet Billy Pilgrim, the Mercury Prize-nominated British trio likened to Radiohead and Talk Talk. The program promises an intriguing night of adventurous music-makers, a pairing Traoré devised after her support act opened for her at an acclaimed one-off date at the Barbican in London last year.

    To pick up a copy of Traoré's most recent Nonesuch release, Tchamantché, which New York Times music critic Jon Pareles named one of the best albums of 2009, head to the Nonesuch Store.

    Below are the scheduled spring tour dates. For more information and venue links, visit nonesuch.com/on-tour.

    ROKIA TRAORÉ'S SPRING 2010 TOUR

    Apr 10 Stewart Theatre, NC State Univ. Raleigh, NC
    Apr 11 Lisner Auditorium, GW Univ. Washington, DC
    Apr 14 Fine Arts Center, Univ. of Mass. Amherst, MA
    Apr 15 Spaulding Auditorium, Dartmouth College Hanover, NH
    Apr 16 Somerville Theatre Somerville, MA
    Apr 17 Highline Ballroom New York, NY
    Apr 18 Flynn Center Burlington, VT
    Apr 27 Koko* London, ENGLAND
    Apr 28 Philharmonic Hall* Liverpool, ENGLAND
    Apr 30 Colston Hall* Bristol, ENGLAND
    May 2 The Sage Gateshead* Gateshead, ENGLAND
    May 4 Usher Hall* Edinburgh, SCOTLAND
    May 5 Bridgewater Hall* Manchester, ENGLAND
    May 6 Brighton Dome* Brighton, ENGLAND
    May 7 Warwick Arts Centre* Coventry, ENGLAND

    * w/ Sweet Billy Pilgrim

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