Dobet Gnahoré: Zouzou

Dobet Gnahoré: Zouzou

October 22, 2024

Fabric of Life Listening Post 383. In the same way that many people chant and pray in ancient languages they don’t fully understand, so are connoisseurs of world music often inspired by secular songs in languages they have never studied. With Dobet Gnahoré’s seventh...
Dobet Gnahoré: Couleur

Dobet Gnahoré: Couleur

October 13, 2021

Into the Rainbow Listening Post 322. The magic in The Wizard of Oz begins when a tornado wrenches Dorothy from her home in sepia-toned Kansas and drops her into a Technicolor universe. Something similar happens with Couleur (Color), Dobet Gnahoré’s sixth album, an...