Saturday 1 October 2011

Intended as 'Song Saturday'...............but didn't make it in time....

Song Saturday sat Oct 1 2011.

This lady knows how to party………nice to see someone having a genuinely good time.

Fatoumata Diawara  is a Malian musician currently living in France. She was born in the Ivory Coast to Malian parents but moved to France to pursue an acting career. She has appeared in several French films ( Cheikh Oumar Cissoko's 1999 feature film La Genèse, Dani Kouyaté's  2001 film Sia, le rêve du python) She is also a regular performer in the street theatre troupe Royal Deluxe, and played a leading role in the musical, Kirikou et Karaba. She began composing her own material, writing songs that blend Wassalou traditions of Southern Mali with more westernl influences. She has performed and recorded with Oumou Sangaré, AfroCubism,Vieux Farka Touré, Dee Dee Bridgewater (on Red Earth: A Malian Journey),and the Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou. Her new  CD was released May 9, 2011 and her debut album with World Circuit Records will be released in September 2011.

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7 comments:

  1. Mitchy LR2 October 2011 at 04:01

    I do have a love of African music in general. Really enjoyed this. Her enthusiasm and smile are infectious.

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  2. deb thegardener2 October 2011 at 05:05

    lovely music!

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  3. Frank S2 October 2011 at 07:15

    I must agree with Mitch 'Her enthusiasm and smile are infectious.'

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  4. nemo 4sun2 October 2011 at 07:50

    oh! i am really liking this

    thanks for the intro

    :)

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  5. loretta xxxx2 October 2011 at 08:16

    I kinda knew you would be :-)

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  6. loretta xxxx2 October 2011 at 08:17

    I kinda knew you would be

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  7. nemo 4sun2 October 2011 at 08:30

    like i said ~ we are remarkably similar

    :)

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