Boubacar Traoré & Vincent Bucher - AFH282

Performance - 8 July 2012 Popularly and affectionately known as Kar Kar, Boubacar Traoré is Mali’s legendary blues guitarist. He has been in and out of the musical limelight a number of times in the last 40 years. His nickname came about because when he played soccer people called out ’Kari, Kari’ meaning ’dribble, dribble’. Kar Kar grew up in the 1940s in Kayes, part of the Bambara region of Mali. His musical influences at that time were kassonke, a local traditional style, and American blues. Also his bro
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