![]() ![]() And the songs here are capable of doing both, such as when "Sara" jumps abruptly from a loping beat into a flat-out dance groove only to return to its point of origin. She still retains a rustic edge that weighs in somewhere between Oumou Sangare's majestic wassoulou strains and Ali Farka Toure's more obviously blues-connected muscle, still centers her songs around characteristic instruments like the n'goni lute and still sings with equal expertise whether the arid rhythms of her music pulsate or float. Nonesuch (Rokia Traore continues to enhance her Malian roots sound in quietly bold and inventive ways. ![]()
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