Date(s): 6th February 2012

Venue: Jazz Cafe, London

Fatoumata Diawara is set to headline the Jazz Café , London, on 6 February 2012. The show is part HMV’s Next Big Thing annual music festival.
Spread over 11 days (between 2 - 12 February) and held in 9 UK venues the third HMV Next Big Thing festival showcases the very best in new
and emerging talent drawn from all genres across the music spectrum tipped to make it big or break-through in 2012.

More information about the festival can be found here: http://tiny.cc/u4xx0 This will be the first time Fatoumata has performed in the UK
since her sell out performance at the same venue in October 2011.

Fatoumata Diawara will perform songs from her critically acclaimed debut album ‘Fatou’ in the intimate setting of the Jazz Café with her full band.

Fatoumata Diawara: guitar / vocals
Mamadou Kouyate: guitar
Jean-Baptiste Gbadoe: drums
Jean Allain Hohy: bass

“…a rising new star from Mali. She has the most gorgeous voice, a fantastic sense of melody and her guitar playing fuses spare blues, folk and funk…..Go see her.”
The Guardian

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