{"product_id":"beautiful-africa","title":"Beautiful Africa","description":"Singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist Rokia Traoré's Beautiful Africa will be released in the US on September 24, 2013. The record, which was released internationally earlier this year to critical acclaim, was produced by English musician John Parish (PJ Harvey, Eels, Sparklehorse). Uncut said \"Traoré's sinuous voice sits at the centre of a hybrid maelstrom that combines the raw, earthy source of Malian rhythms with snarling rock guitars and pneumatic garage energy,\" and called it \"the record fans of her explosive live shows always hoped she would make and a career highpoint.\" Beautiful Africa's lyrics are sung in Traoré's native languages of French and Bambara, as well as some English. Traoré performs music from her new album in New York City on November 15 as part of Lincoln Center's White Light's Festival.\n\nPitchforkdescribed Traoré's previous record, 2009's Tchamantché, as \"a guitar album of a particularly understated bent ... hauntingly spare yet ridiculously well-defined, the timbre and tone of every string presented in perfect resolution.\" Tchamantché won a Victoires de la Musique (the equivalent of a Grammy Award in France) and a Songlines Artist of the Year Award for Traoré.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: B00BHJ0MY2\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.B00BHJ0MY2.A\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Acceptable\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Rokia Traore\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Audio cd\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Individually inspected: Guaranteed to play perfectly or your money back. Case will show wear, and may be in library packaging. Ships fast!  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41752751013946,"sku":"DBV.B00BHJ0MY2.A","price":17.12,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/B00BHJ0MY2-0.jpg?v=1792032924","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/beautiful-africa","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}