Pinède Gould - Juan les Pins (F)
19 luglio 2023
Fatoumata Diawara
(1st concert in Juan)
Fatoumata Diawara voce e chitarra, Juan Finger basso, Jurandir Santana chitarra, Fernando Tejero tastiere, Willy Ombe batteria
Cantautrice, chitarrista, compositrice, ma anche attrice di talento, la maliana Fatoumata Diawara è acclamata come carismatica portabandiera della moderna scena musicale africana. Capace di alternare e intrecciare delicati brani in solo a canzoni ad alta tensione, ritmi di danza a classici rivisitati, riesce a trasformare i propri concerti in esperienze spirituali, muovendosi dal blues al funk, dal rock al sincopato afro-pop. Senza mai dimenticare la propria terra e i problemi che la attanagliano: Diawara canta per i bambini che soffrono, per rivendicare l’emancipazione delle donne, canta per un’umanità capace di superare ingiustizie e disuguaglianze. Con canzoni audaci e sperimentali, ma sempre radicate nella tradizione e profondamente connesse con gli antenati: con una visione nonostante tutto gioiosa e vibrante di futuro.V
Voix incontournable de la musique du monde, Fatoumata Diawara reste inclassable : Afropop, Afrofolk, Afrofuturisme… Entre tradition et modernité, guitare en main, elle met au goût du jour les rythmes wassoulou et les techniques vocales de l’Afrique de l’Ouest. Chanteuse, compositrice, musicienne, comédienne, celle qu’on compte parmi les égéries des voix féminines africaines, ne cesse de surprendre par ses collaborations : Herbie Hancock, Roberto Fonseca, -M-, Angélique Kidjo, Disclosure, Lauryn Hill, ou encore Abderrahmane Sissako et Philippe Godeau pour le cinéma et le théâtre…
Nsera, single sorti en 2022, est co-écrit et co-produit par une des figures centrales de la pop musique anglo-saxonne, Damon Albarn, par ailleurs habitué de longue date aux métissages et aux collaborations avec des artistes africains. A la fois au chant et aux claviers, le leader de Gorillaz et de Blur insuffle une touche de mélancolie et de modernité aux sonorités mandingues de la chanson. Nsera offre un (r)appel à la conscience de la richesse d’un peuple, qui a tant à apprendre au reste du monde.
Her voice is essential to world music, yet Fatoumata Diawara remains unclassifiable: Afro-pop, Afro-folk, Afro-futurism… Between tradition and modernity, her guitar in hand, she brings the Wassoulou rhythms and vocal techniques of West Africa back into fashion. This singer, composer, musician and actress, who figures among the muses of African female voices, keeps on surprising us through her collaborations with artists ranging from Herbie Hancock, Roberto Fonseca, -M-, Angélique Kidjo, Disclosure, Lauryn Hill to Abderrahmane Sissako and Philippe Godeau for cinema and theatre…
“Nsera”, the single released in 2022, was co-written and co-produced by one of the figures central to British pop music, Damon Albarn, who is also accustomed to diversity and collaborations with African artists. Both as a singer and as a keyboardist, the leader of Gorillaz and Blur brings a touch of melancholy and modernity to the Manding sounds of the song. “Nsera” (re)calls to mind the wealth of a people who have so much to teach the rest of the world.
