The beautiful story about Dobet Gnahore. on website RFI Musique (in french)
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Dobet Gnahore US Tour - 2007 - CD Hotlist
“Some of the most exciting music to come out of Africa in recent years is coming from the Cote d'Ivoire, and some of the best of that music is coming out of the mouth of Dobet Gnahore. By turns funky, delicate, forward-looking and tradition-minded, the songs on this disc are sumptuously beautiful and irresistibly danceable. Highly recommended to all world music collections.”
Dobet Gnahore US Tour - 2007 - Bitch Magazine
“Gnahoré has an extraordinary voice, and she wields it in so many unique and distinct ways that not only do we not get tired of hearing her, but it doesn’t even occur to us that we can’t understand the lyrics. Gnahoré’s voice has an extraordinary personality—one second she’s a diva, belting out R&B over a soft-rock backing of acoustic guitar and percussion, and the next she’s telling us how it is, ripping the mic right into her hands (or it sounds like she is, anyway) and preaching lyrics directly out of the stereo. When she accompanies herself as melody, harmony, and rhythm section on “Inyembezi Zam,” she’s colossal. Sounds like Ani Di Franco fronting Paul Simon’s backing band.”
Dobet Gnahore US Tour - 2007 - The Boston Globe
“A riveting artist who creates an entire concept for each piece complete with choreography and lighting, Gnahoré is a whirl of motion on stage, her dreadlocks flying as she dances around the bandstand, then sits to tap out intricate rhythms on hand percussion. Singing original material in seven languages - including Dida and Guere from the Ivory Coast, Wolof from Senegal, Malinké from Mali, Fon from Benin, Lingala from Congo, and Xhosa from South Africa - Gnahoré possesses a rich, flexible voice that moves easily from a high, pure girlish timbre to a stern, throaty cry.”
Dobet Gnahore US Tour - 2007 - The Boston Herald
“One of the new-generation African artists who are rewriting the rules about respecting musical tradition, the charismatic Gnahore…was as much cultural ambassador as scintillating performer. Veteran Afropop queen Angelique Kidjo would have been proud.”