Fatoumata Diawara - Live at the Jazz à la Villette Festival / director, Giuseppe de Vecchi ; Fatoumata Diawara, Jean-Baptiste Gbadoe, Yakouba Kone, Tito Bonacera, Arecio Gonzalez, Mélissa Hié.

[Place of publication not identified] : OLEO FILMS, [2020]

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"Accomplished artist Fatoumata Diawara distinguished herself in 2007 with Red Earth, the touching session of Dee Dee Bridgewater and Cheick Tidiane Seck, before breaking through internationally with Fatou, a first album produced by the English label World Circuit. Since then recognized by the general public for her participation in Lamomali, the cosmopolitan project of Matthieu Chedid, the Malian singer has taken advantage of this journey to develop an electric music product that is mindful of her roots. Recorded in 2020 for the Jazz at La Villette festival, this set confirms the formula. Extracts from her latest album, "Don Do" or "Kokoro" reveal a vocal timbre close to the imperial Kandia Kouyaté or Oumou Sangaré. The interpretation of ""Timbuktu"" naturally refers to the feature film by Mauritanian filmmaker Abderrahmane Sissako. And the cover of the traditional American ""Sinnerman"" is on par with the version popularized by Nina Simone. Supported by solid backup, including Yacouba Kone on guitar, this concert by the always very implicated Fatoumata Diawara ends here with a clear feminist message, with interventions by Burkinabé Mélissa Hié on the djembe and acclaim from the audience... Vincent Caffiaux".

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August 11, 2023

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