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Videoclip for MOGOKAN feat. M.anifest OUT NOW

Fatoumata Diawara has today shared the video for ’MOGOKAN' feat. M.anifest, directed by Santiago Arouesty.

She explains: Friendship and brotherhood create special, some may say sacred, bonds between people. So, don’t let a simple gossip come between you. Whether we are in a romantic relationship or a marriage or even amongst our siblings, we need to overcome our differences and live in harmony. Let us not listen to wicked gossip and vile rumours.

’MOGOKAN' is taken from Fatoumata's latest critically acclaimed album ‘London Ko’, co-produced by Diawara, Damon Albarn and  Daniel Florestano, out now through Wagram Music. 

Fatoumata continues to reinvent traditional African music on ‘London Ko’, having taken us back to her Mandinka roots in recent projects such as Maliba and Le Vol du Boli with Abderrahmane Sissako. ‘London Ko’ features a host of guest musicians, including Damon Albarn, Angie Stone, Roberto Fonseca, M.anifest, Yemi Alade and -M-. Still rewriting the rules, Fatoumata plunges us back into her eclectic, avant-garde universe. With the different styles and approaches she brings to her music (afrobeat, jazz, pop, electro and even hip hop), ‘London Ko’ is an album that’s impossible to categorise.

Fatoumata Diawara - Libre et rebelle broadcasted exclusively on Canal +

Don't miss the mesmerizing journey into Fatoumata Diawara’s world with her documentary “Libre et Rebelle” diffused on Canal +!  Dive into the heart of Malian music and artistry on these dates:

July 23 at 16:46
July 28 at 19:46
July 29 at 22:27
August 2 at 10:09  

August 3 at 19:46

August 5 at 17:57
August 8 at 12:23
August 11 at 00:43
August 14 at 14:24
August 19 at 18:21
August 30 at 00:26

Get ready for an unforgettable experience that bridges tradition and modernity! 

Latin music: five summer highlights

Roberto Fonseca at Tempo Latino: a long-awaited event. 2002 to be exact, the year in which the Cuban, then a young pianist, accompanied the august Omara Portuondo and Orlando "Cachaíto" López. It's a musician of international renown who returns to Vic-Fezensac. As you can read below, the La Gran Diversión project has all the qualities required to set the arenas alight.

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Joyful audience at MUBA's first concert with Roberto Fonseca

The first of the MUBA concerts of this 2024 took place yesterday with Roberto Fonseca, a musician with an inquisitive jazz sensibility and deep roots in the Afro-Cuban tradition and pianist born in Havana who presented his ninth album 'Yesun', in which he combines from jazz to classical music through rap, funk, reggaeton and electronic music. It was a success with the audience, who thanked him with applause for his magnificent concert.

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FATOUMATA DIAWARA JOINS THE ZÉRO PALU TEAM!

Fatoumata Diawara joins the cause against malaria.

In 2022, 249 million cases of malaria were recorded worldwide, and 608,000 people died from the disease. Africa alone accounts for 95% of these cases and deaths, and children under 5 for 76%.Malaria is a health issue here and there.It won't stop without us, it won't stop without you.When it's not killing, malaria is an obstacle to a normal life. It prevents us from studying, working, cultivating, creating, training and simply living our lives. Here, during the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games, at a time when the world is looking in the same direction, to imagine together a malaria-free world.We can be the generation that puts an end to malaria.

Fête nationale à Saint-Ouen - Bal populaire with Radio Nova

Amadou and Mariam will perform this year at the Bal de Saint-Ouen, which returns to Saint-Ouen for the third consecutive year on 13 July. It is a dance and music show with a tropical flavor, enlivened by Radio Nova. Don't miss this incredible evening full of rhythms that will make you dance all night long!

Kyle Eastwood thrills Andorra with jazz music from his father's films

Without a single cactus or Indians in sight, Andorra sounds like a western. Double bassist Kyle Eastwood has offered this Friday night a delicious musical journey through Hollywood territories in one of the highlights of the Andorra Jazz Festival, held in Escaldes-Engordany.

It is the 40th edition, and is held until July 11.

Kyle Eastwood, son of the great director and actor Clint Eastwood, has performed with his jazz quintet playing a dozen songs from soundtracks of his father, some of them composed by Kyle himself.

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Amadou & Mariam, Gothenburg gig review — Malian duo inspire love and frenzy

Mariam Doumbia and Amadou Bagayoko have been singing together for more than 40 years. As Amadou & Mariam, the blind husband-and-wife duo have become standard-bearers for Mali’s resilient music scene, adding elements of pop, dance, rock and blues to the folk stylings of their Bambara heritage. Since working with French-Spanish singer Manu Chao on their global breakthrough, 2004’s Dimanche à Bamako, they have collaborated with the likes of Damon Albarn and TV on the Radio. The sweetly singing Doumbia and gritty guitarist Bagayoko are on a worldwide tour in advance of the release of a compilation celebrating the past two decades of their career, La Vie Est Belle, due out in September. In front of 400 attendees at the converted warehouse Film Studios, as part of the Clandestino Festival in Gothenburg, Sweden, Amadou & Mariam gave a warm and jubilant concert that felt like an affirmation of their entwined lives and career.

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Couleur Café: 3 artists you must see, too

In the amphitheatre of the green stage, an intergenerational audience crowded into the stands to marvel at the power of Fatoumata Diawara. Her best-known songs were sung with the crowd, providing an excellent warm-up for the final day of the festival. Throughout the concert, the Malian artist spared no effort in her exchanges with the audience, her controlled dress and impressive ease. Not to mention her voice, always in tune. She captured everyone's attention, including our own.

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Pause guitare 2024: Fatoumata Diawara: "After a concert, I cry with joy".

You think she's in Italy, but she's in Germany. A tireless traveler, she performs on stages all over the world. On July 2, she'll be in France, on stage at Albi's Grand Théâtre, as part of the Pause Guitare Festival. She'll be bringing her world and her bewitching, crystalline voice with her.

Interview