After tapping slowthai and Slaves for their new single “Momentary Bliss” and the “Episode One” music video that followed, Gorillaz continue their Song Machine project with a trip out to sea for the ...

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Song Machine is a new episodic series from Gorillaz, in which the animated band intermittently release new songs and music videos featuring different artists. In January, they delivered "Momentary ...

Escaping tragedy in her home country and beyond, Malian superstar Fatoumata Diawara has found respite reimagining her proud musical heritage in dynamic new ways. But with a new album, this inventive ...

Contributions from Damon Albarn (who also produced half of the tunes here), Cuban pianist Roberto Fonseca, Ghanaian rapper M.anifest, Angie Stone and the Brooklyn Youth Chorus, to only name a few of ...

A buzz was in the air among those assembled at San Francisco's Nourse Theater for the first night of Mali Fest, a set of two concerts which featured two distinct acts. This initial evening headlined ...

Fatoumata Diawara has announced a new album. The Grammy-nominated Malian singer-songwriter will share London Ko on May 12 via 3ème Bureau. Following Diawara's 2022 soundtrack album Maliba and 2018 ...

After the first of a number of slightly predictable but heartfelt intros, in which she promises to give us an Africa beyond the clichés of poverty and mass migration, Fatoumata launches into the first ...

Born in 19822, Fatoumata Diawara spent her early years in Abidjan in a large family. Her mother is a dancer. His father runs an association of traditional shows. He introduced her to dance and the ...

Gorillaz are back with another new single. This one’s called “Désolé,” and it’s a collaboration with Malian musician Fatoumata Diawara. Have a listen below. “Making Désolé with Fatou was a real moment ...

Introducing a fresh new talent with a unique sound, a bagful of beautiful self-penned songs and a tumultuous life story behind her, Fatoumata Diawara’s debut EP ‘Kanou’, was recently released on World ...