Boubacar Traoré

Musician Cedric Watson

‘There’s something missing in African American music today.’

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Cedric Watson is known for playing Cajun, Creole and zydeco music on his violin. He’s from Lafayette, Louisiana. Watson appears on the new album by Malian guitarist Boubacar Traoré.
And through that collaboration, Cedric Watson has been able to find where the music from Louisiana and Mali meet.

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