Silent ways
Cæcilie Norby
Emneord
Anmeldelser (2)
The telegraph
d. 8. feb. 2016
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Mark Hudson
d. 8. feb. 2016
"The sound on this pivotal sixth album, however, is subdued, moody, even dark at times, the instrumentation stripped back to bare essentials. Stark guitars and drums are augmented by wiry traditional lute riffing, while Traoré's fragile voice - recorded so close to the microphone it sounds as though it's right in your ear - feels at moments like it could give out altogether".
fRoots
2016 March
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Rick Sanders
2016 March
"Dignity, restraint, a certain fluttery coolness of demeanour - Rokia Traoré is a distinctive artist who has never needed to shout to command attention. Accompanied by an excellent small group (...) this album, her sixth, is again produced by John Parish ... What remains in her music of local influence is set beside a thoroughly modern and stateless sensibility. The album was recorded in Bamako and Bristol; her guitarist is Italian and Led Zeppelin's John Paul Jones contributes on bass and mandolin. The rhythms are varied and vivid. Traoré has previously recorded Billie Holiday's "The Man I Love" and this album includes a heart-rending version of "Strange Fruit". This is the track which initially hijacks the memory. But after a while, the rest of the album re-asserts itself. Finally, the quieter virtues seem stronger than this terrifying vision. Despite the world, this is an album that glows with life and points to progress".