Traoré, born in 1974, first emerged at the Bamako University club, singing songs and playing guitar. Though she brings together various Malian styles with a striking tenderness, she has never hidden the deep influence of the Western dance music she heard while travelling with her diplomat father. The Roots show is constructed primarily around traditional African instruments, re-interpreting the works of Fela Kuti, Miriam Makeba, Bob Marley and Jacques Brel. Traoré brings them all with her on her journey to Müpa Budapest.
