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Fatoumata Diawara

May 2023

  • Fatoumata Diawara

    Fatoumata Diawara: London Ko review – exuberance rules

    With star guests to the fore and Damon Albarn co-producing, the stylish Malian singer-songwriter speaks her mind on her wide-ranging third studio album

June 2021

  • Fronting the festival ... Laura Mvula, Damon Albarn and Nicola Benedetti

    Edinburgh international festival returns with music-heavy lineup

    With theatre and dance scaled back, music dominates, including concerts from Simon Rattle, Damon Albarn, Nicola Benedetti and Laura Mvula

January 2020

  • From left: Grimes, Diana Ross and Stormzy

    2020 culture preview
    Madonna, Motown and Mongolian metal: the music to listen out for in 2020

    The queen of pop gets intimate, Taylor Swift feels the sunshine and Stormzy takes on the world … plus, classical celebrations begin for Beethoven’s 250th

July 2018

  • Fatoumata Diawara on the Barbican Music Stage, Walthamstow Garden Party 2018

    Walthamstow Garden Party review – glorious sets from world music's finest

    Fatoumata Diawara, Dona Onete and Seun Kuti gave a powerful demonstration of their musical skills on the Barbican-curated stage

June 2018

  • Clockwise from top left, Fatoumata Diawara, Kacey Musgraves, Sophie, Migos and Arctic Monkeys.

    Best albums of 2018 so far

  • Fatoumata Diawara

    Fatoumata Diawara: Fenfo review – a seductive marriage of ancient and modern

October 2013

  • Rachid Taha (l) on stage in Marseille with Fatoumata Diawara (far right), October 2013

    Africa Express in Marseille - review

    The music collective rolled into town with performances from Bassekou Kouyate, Jupiter Bokondji and Damon Albarn, among many others, who kept the crowd going all night

June 2013

  • Mali hits Glastonbury: Rokia Traoré, Fatoumata Diawara and more

    Andy Morgan: When music was banned in Mali, the organisers of Glastonbury festival swung into action and invited the country's top acts over. Here's what to look out for

January 2013

  • Fatoumata Diawara

    Fatoumata Diawara gathers Malian supergroup to record peace song

    Group calling themselves Voices United for Mali, featuring Amadou and Mariam, Oumou Sangaré, Bassekou Kouyaté, Vieux Farka Touré, Toumani Diabaté and many others, release song called Peace in response to country's troubles

  • Mali: Sangare, Amadou and Mariam, Farka Toure, Diawara, Traore, Tinariwen, Diabate and Kouyate.

    Mali's magical music

    Music is central to Mali's identity – and yet the conflict there has led to it being widely banned. Here, African and western artists pick their favourite tracks from this most musical of nations

  • Tinariwen band performing, Johannesburg

    Mali music ban by Islamists 'crushing culture to impose rule'

    Rebels' clampdown on live performances, from Amadou and Mariam to Tinariwen, is driving music underground

December 2012

  • Bobby Womack's The Bravest Man in the Universe

    Best albums of 2012
    Best albums of 2012, No 10: Bobby Womack – The Bravest Man in the Universe

    Caspar Llewellyn Smith: For his first record in more than a decade, Bobby Womack teamed up with Damon Albarn and producer Richard Russell to make an album that amounted to a career resurrection

September 2012

  • Africa Express: Paul McCartney and exclusive behind-the-scenes footage part two - video

    The Africa Express tour, featuring over 80 musicians including Damon Albarn and Baaba Maal, finished its epic tour of the UK by train with a gig at Granary Square in King's Cross in London. Among the special guests on the night was Sir Paul McCartney, who joined the collective to play two old Wings songs – and you can see footage here in this exclusive film

  • Afel Bocoum and Damon Albarn, Africa Express Festival in Glasgow, Scotland

    Africa Express: rolling coverage, days four and five

    Stay tuned for the latest goings-on aboard the Africa Express, with exclusive access to life on board the train as it continues its week-long musical tour of Britain

  • The Africa Express: musicians of African and Western Collective pose by a train

    Africa Express: rolling coverage

    For the next week, more than 80 African and western acts – including Amadou and Mariam, Damon Albarn and many more – are touring the UK by train, stopping off for shows in schools and factories and a series of special gigs. With exclusive access to life on board the Africa Express, here's our ongoing account of what's been happening …

August 2012

  • Fatoumata Diawara

    New Africa
    Fatoumata Diawara: 'We can present our culture in a new way'

    The Malian singer on her hopes for African music and the Africa Express 2012 tour. Interview by Neil Spencer

July 2012

  • Baaba Maal performs at the Africa Express show in 2008 with other African and western musicians.

    Baaba Maal among leading musicians to board the Africa Express

  • Polica

    Latitude festival – in pictures

June 2012

  • Bobby Womack

    Album streams
    Bobby Womack - The Bravest Man in the Universe: exclusive album stream

    Caspar Llewellyn Smith: Be among the first to hear the brand new album from Bobby Womack, The Bravest Man in the Universe

April 2012

  • Fatoumata Diawara and Tinariwen win Songlines awards

    Malian singer who played at the Guardian Open Weekend picks up award for best newcomer from world music magazine

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