Starting out aged 16 to follow in the footsteps of the great Malian folkloric ensembles, Lobi Traoré’s solo career only began in the 1990s when he add...
Louis Pattison - 12.10.2010
Rainy Season Blues is what will amount to the final will and testament of Lobi Traoré, a guitarist and songwriter from the Ségou region of Mali who pa...
Richie Troughton - 29.09.2010
There was no fuss. As a jobbing musician he simply fulfilled his engagements for survival as much as anything else. As he said: "This is the only thin...
Daniel Paton - 15.09.2010
The premature and unexpected death of Malian guitarist Lobi Traoré in June tragically robbed world music of one of its most exciting talents. Having b...
Mark Hudson - 13.09.2010
Rainy Season Blues...
Andy Snipper - 02.09.2010
The back-story to this album is tragic and deeply moving but that should not, on its own, lead you to this album. What should lead to this album is th...