Rokia Traoré Launches North American Tour Featuring "Excellent" (NY Times) New Album, "Beautiful Africa"

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Rokia Traoré kicks off a two-week North American tour at Jazz at Lincoln Center's Rose Theater in New York City tonight, as part of the White Light Festival. The nine-city tour includes stops in Vancouver, Seattle, Santa Cruz, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, Toronto, and Montreal. The New York Times' Ben Ratliff calls her new album, Beautiful Africa, "excellent," noting that it "balances rough and smooth, soft and loud, ngoni and chiming electric guitar, lilt and funk," and describes Traoré as "a self-possessed, intense performer." 

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Rokia Traoré, following a successful, months-long European tour that culminated in a show at Royal Festival Hall in London on Wednesday, kicks off a two-week North American tour at Jazz at Lincoln Center's Rose Theater in New York City tonight, as part of the White Light Festival. The nine-city tour, featuring music from her critically acclaimed new album, Beautiful Africa, then heads west for stops in Vancouver, Seattle, Santa Cruz, San Francisco, and Los Angeles, before moving back east for shows in Minneapolis, Toronto, and Montreal. See below for all of the currently scheduled tour dates. For additional details and tickets, visit nonesuch.com/on-tour.

The New York Times critic Ben Ratliff, previewing tonight's concert, calls Beautiful Africa "excellent," noting that the album "balances rough and smooth, soft and loud, ngoni and chiming electric guitar, lilt and funk," and describes Traoré as "a self-possessed, intense performer." Read more at nytimes.com.

To pick up a copy of Beautiful Africa, head to iTunes or to the Nonesuch Store, where CD orders include a download of the complete album at checkout, and MP3 and FLAC files are available to purchase.

ROKIA TRAORE ON TOUR

Nov 15  Rose Theater, Jazz at Lincoln Center New York, NY
Nov 17 Chan Centre for the Performing Arts Vancouver, BC
Nov 19 The Triple Door Seattle, WA
Nov 21 Rio Theatre Santa Cruz, CA
Nov 22 Nourse Theatre San Francisco, CA
Nov 23  Luckman Fine Arts Complex  Los Angeles, CA 
Nov 25 Cedar Cultural Center Minneapolis, MN
Nov 27 Koerner Hall, Royal Conservatory Toronto, ON
Nov 28 Club Soda Montreal, QC
     

 

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    Rokia Traoré Launches North American Tour Featuring "Excellent" (NY Times) New Album, "Beautiful Africa"
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    Rokia Traoré, following a successful, months-long European tour that culminated in a show at Royal Festival Hall in London on Wednesday, kicks off a two-week North American tour at Jazz at Lincoln Center's Rose Theater in New York City tonight, as part of the White Light Festival. The nine-city tour, featuring music from her critically acclaimed new album, Beautiful Africa, then heads west for stops in Vancouver, Seattle, Santa Cruz, San Francisco, and Los Angeles, before moving back east for shows in Minneapolis, Toronto, and Montreal. See below for all of the currently scheduled tour dates. For additional details and tickets, visit nonesuch.com/on-tour.

    The New York Times critic Ben Ratliff, previewing tonight's concert, calls Beautiful Africa "excellent," noting that the album "balances rough and smooth, soft and loud, ngoni and chiming electric guitar, lilt and funk," and describes Traoré as "a self-possessed, intense performer." Read more at nytimes.com.

    To pick up a copy of Beautiful Africa, head to iTunes or to the Nonesuch Store, where CD orders include a download of the complete album at checkout, and MP3 and FLAC files are available to purchase.

    ROKIA TRAORE ON TOUR

    Nov 15  Rose Theater, Jazz at Lincoln Center New York, NY
    Nov 17 Chan Centre for the Performing Arts Vancouver, BC
    Nov 19 The Triple Door Seattle, WA
    Nov 21 Rio Theatre Santa Cruz, CA
    Nov 22 Nourse Theatre San Francisco, CA
    Nov 23  Luckman Fine Arts Complex  Los Angeles, CA 
    Nov 25 Cedar Cultural Center Minneapolis, MN
    Nov 27 Koerner Hall, Royal Conservatory Toronto, ON
    Nov 28 Club Soda Montreal, QC
         

     

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