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Time Out Chicago\, CD Review >>
Boubacar Traore
Saturday 17 at 9pm;
Sunday 18 at 1, 9:30pm
His fellow Malian guitar legend Ali Farka Toure commands a higher profile in the West, but Traore is just as magical in his creation of serpentine melodies. "Kar Kar," as he was affectionately dubbed, might as well have been Elvis in the West Africa of the early 1960s – his hit "Mali Twist" was a kind of an anthem. Remarkably, he's still touring and his recordings are as strong as ever. Traore's new album, Kongo Magni (World Village), is a sensitive and delicate evocation of the West African blues. 09/15/05
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