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Disclosure have shared “Douha (Mali Mali),” the latest track from their upcoming album Energy, featuring lyrics and vocals from Malian artist Fatoumata Diawara. The song is a joyous ode to Diawara’s ...

Swaddled in a tendril of vivid scarves, like fireworks about her face, Fatoumata Diawara nurses an espresso in a corner banquette, all infectious triumph. Outside this cozy café near the Malian singer ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Malian singer Fatoumata Diawara will perform at 8 p.m. Feb. 8 at the Lafayette Theater in a show presented by Purdue Convocations. Woody Guthrie, Bob Dylan and Joan Baez. Bob ...

Why do they hate music? “Without music, life would be a mistake”. ~-Nietzsche, Twilight of the Idols (1889) “Music is no different than opium. Music affects the human mind in a way that makes people ...

Singer Fatoumata Diawara is one of the hottest music stars to come out of Mali recently An actor turned singer, she fled an arranged marriage at 19 to follow her dream of performing Last year, she ...