Wednesday, February 9, 2011

Rokia Does Billie

San Francisco, CA


















I just discovered Rokia Traore. Listen to her here doing Gershwin's "The Man I Love".

I spent the last two months in SF editing a feature length version of Ghetto Ballet, that picks up where the HBO version left off. I was listening to Rokia walking to and from the studio. And eventually, she worked her way into the cut.

She is irresistible.

(Stay tuned to find out when and where you can see the new version of Ghetto Ballet)