2009 BAM Rhythm & Blues Festival @ MetroTech - lineup includes Rokia Traoré (who played LPR - pics)

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2009 BAM Rhythm & Blues Festival @ MetroTech - lineup includes Rokia Traoré (who played LPR - pics)

photos by Lori Baily

Rokia Traoré

Pitchfork: As the daughter of a diplomat, you must have traveled a lot. How does that experience inform your music?

Rokia Traoré: My father was not able to get all the vinyl he used to listen to with me. He couldn't travel as he did it because of his profession as a diplomatic career. The fact of playing an instrument and singing... that I can try to make my dream of singing and becoming a professional musician come true is linked probably to the fact that I traveled a lot, which gave me an open mind and an ability to push my limits. Probably, traveling so early changed my personality and gave me this ability today to do the music I do and to think in a certain way that everything can be possible. You just have to try before thinking that you can't.

Rokia Traoré last visited NYC in February. She played Le Poisson Rouge, and we have some pictures from that show in this post.

Rokia will next be here in August. On August 7th she plays the Damrosch Park Bandshell as part of the Lincoln Center Out Of Doors festival, and one day earlier she'll play a free lunch-time show at Metrotech in Brooklyn. The 2009 "BAM Rhythm & Blues Festival" lineup also includes Ladysmith Black Mambazo, and "A New Orleans R&B legend, to be announced". Full Metrotech lineup, and more Rokia tour dates and pictures, below...

Rokia @ LPR...

Rokia Traoré

BAM Rhythm & Blues Festival at MetroTech
Thursdays, June 4-August 6
MetroTech Commons at MetroTech Center
noon-2pm, free

June 4: Lakeside
June 11: A New Orleans R&B legend, to be announced
June 18: Simone
June 25: Spanish Harlem Orchestra
July 2: Toshi Reagon
July 9: Rebirth Brass Band
July 16: Anthony David
July 23: Kindred the Family Soul
July 30: Ladysmith Black Mambazo
August 6: Rokia Traoré

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Tags: (le) poisson rouge, Anthony David, BAM, free shows, Kindred the Family Soul, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Lakeside, Metrotech, Rebirth Brass Band, Rokia Traore, Simone, Spanish Harlem Orchestra, Toshi Reagon

Posted on May 7, 2009 1:25 PM

Comments (2)

sounds great to me!

Posted by Anonymous | May 7, 2009 11:45 PM

The Canada Winter Blues Boogie is quite the event. The Canada Winter Blues Boogie one of the bigger blues festivals in North America nestled up in the scenic Canadian Rocky Mountains, in Silverton B.C. It would be worth a payday loan or online cash advance to get there – drink espresso (or a Molson or 10) in the clean mountain air. The location is Kootenay Lake, north of the corners of Washington State and Idaho by an hour or two, in a gorgeous setting, great for a festival event. It would be worth an installment loan to get to the Canadian Winter Blues Boogie.

Posted by Payday Loan | May 20, 2009 12:16 AM