A gig held at Bristol Beacon on Tuesday 6th February. The event starts at 20:00.
Tickets: https://bristolbeacon.org/whats-on/fatoumata-diawara/
With her new album London Ko, Fatoumata Diawara continues to reinvent traditional African music, after taking us back to her Mandinka roots in projects such as Maliba and Le Vol du Boli with Abderrahmane Sissako.
Still rewriting the rules, Fatou plunges us back into her eclectic, avant-garde universe. With the different colours she brings to her music (afrobeat, jazz, pop, electro and even hip hop), it is impossible to put London Ko into any one box.
Sharper than ever with her words, she strikes a perfect balance between synthetic sounds and traditional Malian rhythms. Music is her chosen tool, and she uses it to reveal the possibility of a different relationship with time – this shift between avant-garde and tributes to her ancestors diffuses the discords of the present as a means of emancipation. A neologism that is also symbolic of her collaboration with Damon Albarn, which gives rise to a new world, a fusion of Bamako and London – a nod to the richness of mixing, of being open to the Other, and to the importance interculturality.
Presented by Bristol Beacon
Format: Standing in stalls, reserved seating in tiers
Age: 14+ (Under 18s accompanied by an adult)
Doors: 19.30
Start Time: 20.00
All timings are approximate and subject to change
Entry requirements:
With her new album London Ko, Fatoumata Diawara continues to reinvent traditional African music, after taking us back to her Mandinka roots in projects such as Maliba and Le Vol du Boli with Abderrahmane Sissako.
Still rewriting the rules, Fatou plunges us back into her eclectic, avant-garde universe. With the different colours she brings to her music (afrobeat, jazz, pop, electro and even hip hop), it is impossible to put London Ko into any one box.
Sharper than ever with her words, she strikes a perfect balance between synthetic sounds and traditional Malian rhythms. Music is her chosen tool, and she uses it to reveal the possibility of a different relationship with time – this shift between avant-garde and tributes to her ancestors diffuses the discords of the present as a means of emancipation. A neologism that is also symbolic of her collaboration with Damon Albarn, which gives rise to a new world, a fusion of Bamako and London – a nod to the richness of mixing, of being open to the Other, and to the importance interculturality.
Presented by Bristol Beacon
Format: Standing in stalls, reserved seating in tiers
Age: 14+ (Under 18s accompanied by an adult)
Doors: 19.30
Start Time: 20.00
All timings are approximate and subject to change
Entry requirements:
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