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Boubacar Traoré
Boubacar Traoré said Kar Kar is a harmonious contradiction, a musician whose art and biography are striking less due to balance, more due to extremes.In the 60’s, an idol for the whole west coast of Africa, forgotten in the 70’s, rediscovered in the 80’s and on extensive tours of Europe and America in the 90’s, those are the rough data of his career. He has been compared with a number of greats in pop music. Elvis Presley had to act as a comparison as did Robert Johnson, Johnny Hallyday or Chuck Berry. And his music is titled as blues – all of these are comparisons which indicate that it is practically impossible to define kar Kar’s songs. Above all, such comparisons are used by us Europeans or Americans to make an artist who is a musical world...
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"Kongo Magni" - Marabi/Harmonia Mundi
"Je chanterai pour toi" DVD - Marabi/Harmonia Mundi
"Je chanterai pour toi" - Marabi/Harmonia Mundi
"Maciré" - Label Bleu/Harmonia Mundi
"Sa golo" - Label Bleu/Harmonia Mundi
"Les enfants de Pierrette" - Revue Noire
"Kar Kar" - Stern's
"Mariama" - Stern's
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