> KHAIRA ARBY


We are pleased to announce 3Timbuktu Tarab" digital release with believe.
Press

Afroropop: " I can’t say I have seen a more exciting performance all year. If you are in New York and missed these shows, you have one more chance. Khaira plays Joe’s Pub on September 29. If you are elsewhere, check the itinerary and do what you have to do. This is going to be one of the headlining African acts of coming years once word gets out how great it is. Get your chance now to experience Khaira in an intimate setting. "

Afropop Worlwide Win Free Stuff: " Khaira Arby, the Nightingale of the North, has just released a fantastic album, TIMBUKTU TARAB. Relatively unknown outside of her native Mali, Khaira is a magical vocalist able to captivate her audience with song, backed by her fantastically rockin' band"

LucidCulture.wordpress.com : " It’s hard to imagine a more original album in any style of music released this year. "

The Star : "Arby has taken a star turn"

Express Milwaukee: " Her voice is a powerful emotional surge rising from the cresting waves of her hypnotic backing musicians and chorus. "

First World Music: " Formidable. highly recommended "

World Music central: " Arby definitely comes off as a spiritual-musical warrior. "

NewYork Timeout: " Khaira Arby plays colorful, rootsy music with modern flourishes on her new record, Timbuktu Tarab "


National Geographic: " magnificent results. Her voice is a force of nature as big and clear as the desert sky itself "

The Boston Globe: " The wonder of Mali is that it still leaves plenty to discover. That’s where Khaira Arby comes in (...) Club dates in Harlem and Brooklyn have turned into ecstatic dance parties "

FlyGlobalMusic: " the music is subtle and understated, and Khaira's voice tops it all with incredible range and pitch... magic "

AllAboutJazz: " For women, singing can be the road to personal power. When their voice is as strong as Malian vocalist Khaira Arby's, that power can move mountains, change minds, and win battles. "


Spinner.com : " 'Timbuktu Tarab' is wake-up music. Make that WAKE-UP music! "

AfrobeatRadio : " Her voice is a powerful, crystalline, soprano instrument that pierced the balmy New York night sky and levitated the spirit to the dance floor. "

NPR Music: " Arby's debut international CD release (Timbuktu Tarab) and her first U.S. tour are giving Americans their first glimpses of a desert rose. But, as they'll discover, that rose has both a beautiful crimson flower and razor-sharp thorns. "


groovalizacion : ALBUM DU MOIS: Khaira Arby "Timbuktu tarab"


August 31 , 2010, Khaira Arby SONG OF THE DAY on NPR station: "Mali's Reigning Queen of Song"





Bio

Malians love her. Khaira Arby the Nightingale of the North. Born in the village of Agouni in the Sahara Desert north of Timbuktu, Khaira’s parents came from different ethnic backgrounds, mother Songhai and father Berber. You can hear these cultures in her music; she sings in several languages, Songhai, Tamashek, French, Arabic. Her instrumentation and rhythms are just as varied with electric guitar and bass, calabash, ngoni, traditional violin, and percussion creating a complex mixture of sound and structure. Some people compare the effect to the rhythms of the camel caravans crossing the Sahara.

Khaïra won her first singing contest while just a young schoolgirl. Her prize was the chance to represent her city of Timbuktu at the regional contest in the city of Gao. It took a long time to convince her conservative father to let the little girl go. He had not known about her entering the first contest. Finally, he relented and Khaïra won first prize in Gao and a spot representing the region at the national Biennale of Mali in Bamako, at that time the country’s main cultural event, where all the top Malian artists, actors, musicians, dancers and comedians came to perform, compete and collaborate.

To no one’s surprise Khaïra won first prize and was chosen to travel to Tunisia to represent Mali internationally. But her father objected to the idea of an 11 year old girl making such a trip and since she was so young, the government agreed. Khaira returned to Timbuktu and by the age of 14 was married. She tried to continue singing but was forced to stop until 8 years into her marriage she sought a divorce.

At the age of 22 Khaïra had struck out on her own. She made her first recording with the Orchestre Regional de Tombouctou. After a short time she was invited to sing with the famous Orchestre Badema in Bamako. She continued to earn her stripes beside such Malian stars as her cousin, Ali Farka Touré and the influential Fissa Maïga. Since the 1980's Khaira has focused all her energies on her music. With three albums in her own name she is the Voice of Mali’s North.

Khaïra still lives in Timbuktu with her family. She performs at concerts and festivals throughout Mali and France. She has appeared several times with her band at the mythic Festival in the Desert in Essakane and at the Festival on the Niger River in Segou. In 2006 she was named a Chevalier de l'Ordre National du Mali.









 


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US SUMMER TOUR /


Johnny D's
Wed 06, October, Massachusetts

Malian Community Alhassane Camara
Sun, October 03, New York

Afropop Anniversary Party
Sat, October 02, New York

Sanctuary for Independent Media
Fri, October 01, Troy, NY

Balattou
Thu, September 30, Montreal

Joe's Pub
Wed, September 29, New York

Logan Square Auditorium
Mon, September 27, Chicago, Illinois

WNUR Radio broadcast Brian Keigher
Mon, September 27, Chicago, Illinois

World Music Festival of Chicago
Sun, September 26, Chicago, Illinois

Union Theater Esty Dinur
Sat, September 25, Madison, WI

Globalquerque Neal Copperman
Fri, September 24, Albuquerque, New Mexico

Global Roots Festival
Thu, September, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Global Roots Festival
Wed, September 22 ,Minneapolis, Minnesota

Lotus Festival
Sat, September 18, Bloomington, Indiana

Lotus Festival
Fri, September, Bloomington, Indiana

City Winery
Wed, September 08, New York

Ashkenaz Festival Jeremiah Lockwood
Sun, September 05, Toronto, Ontario

Cozmic Pizza Eugene
Fri, September 03 , Oregon, Oregon 1

The Triple Door
Thu, September 02, Seattle, Washington 1

Berbati's
Tue, August 31, Portland, Oregon 1

Triple Door
Thu, August 26, Seattle, Washington

The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
Tue, August 24, Washington, DC 1

St Nick's pub, Harlem, NYC
Sat, August 21, New York

zebulon
Fri, August 20, New York

WFMU radio ITW / studio session
Wed, August 18, New York

Jeremiah Lockwood radio Broadcast
Mon, August 16, New York

Zebulon Café
Sat, August 14, New York

Harlem
Fri, August 13, New York

Bard Music Festival
Thu, August 12, New York

WIKZE
Wed, August 11 ,New York












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