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		Lobi Traore - Rainy Season Blues Begin at the end, so they say, and the end for Lobi came suddenly and out of the blue. He died in June at 49. Like Habib Koite is, Lobi was a people’s musician. Friendly and down to earth, Lobi was well known to hustlers and music fans alike in clubs like the Djembe in Bamako. A short time before his death, he grabbed half an opportunity to record an album and here it is
Features Kora, Cello, Chamber Music - Vincent Segal Late at night in Salif Keita’s studio in Bamako a cellist and a kora player recorded their jams. Vincent Segal (cellist) tells us what lay behind his collaboration with Ballaké Sissoko A Night in the Maghreb - Idir and Najat Aatabou at Lincoln Center Joachim Kuhn/Majid Bekkas/Ramon Lopez - Out of the Desert Is Northern Mali Still Safe to Visit? Comfusoes - from Angola to Brasil with Producer Mauricio Pacheco Khaled: Rebel of Raï - The Early Years Sibot & Spoek Are Playdoe - Afrobotic More features...	Reviews Lee Ritenour - Lee Ritenour's 6 String Theory Any guitarist will tell you the theory is OK but it’s all down to practice so celebrated jazz guitarist Ritenour (aka Captain Fingers) gets to pick 20 (twenty!) world class guitarist mates to join him as they get to grips with Lee Ritenour’s 6 String Theory. Richy Pitch - Ye Fre Mi Richy Pitch Lobi Traore - Rainy Season Blues V/A - The World Ends: Afro Rock & Psychedelia In 1970s Nigeria V/A - Sound of the World Presents: Anywhere On This Road V/A - Next Stop... Soweto 3: Giants, Ministers & Makers: Jazz In South Africa 1963-1984 Toumani Diabaté - The Ali Farka Variations at Barbican Hall More reviews...		City Guides/Events Les Quatre Etoiles - Cargo, London 28 October '09 After more than a decade. The legends of 80s Congolese rumba-soukouss play their only London reunion gig End of Year Afro Funking - Africa Centre, London African Soul Rebels Tour 2009 - Baaba Maal, Oliver Mtukudzi, Extra Golden UK Hip-Life Festival - The Stratford Rex, 18 October '08 Djibril Diop Mambéty - Konono No1 Cancelled - Tate Modern, 23 May '08 Groove Nations – Seun Kuti & Egypt 80, Barbican, 28 May '08 Best African Act - Count Down for 2007 MTV Europe Music Awards More city guides/events...
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