m Fatoumata Diawara ad Vitam

Grammy-nominated Malian singer, songwriter, guitarist and actress Fatoumata Diawara’s highly anticipated new album London Ko, which sees Diawara combining forces with collaborator Damon Albarn (Gorillaz, Blur) who co-produces a number of tracks on the album and is featured performing on the first track “Nsera”.

A while ago, the Afro-Cuban die was cast when certain musicians from Cuba and northern Africa felt as if they grooved to a similar drummer. The traditions of that subgenre thrive today as more and more musicians like Cuban pianist Roberto Fonseca and Malian guitarist/vocalist Fatoumata Diawara feel inclined to bridge the Altantic through the power of music. Their chance meeting led to a 45 day tour of Europe as a seven-piece band and At Home: Live in Marciac is the resulting album. Right from its opening bars, this album crackles. Fonseca’s clavinet lays down a funky foundation, the crowd begins to clap along on the second and fourth beats, and the entire band are off and running. “Sowa” quickly becomes an Afro-Cuban call to worship. And for her part, Diawara is just getting warmed up.

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Ad Vitam, "Lifelong" in latin, is an Italian Metal Band formed in 2010 in Sardinia. Ad Vitam's final Line-Up was formed in 2013 and it's still active. On April, 25th, 2014 the band Auto-Produced and Published the first EP "Edge of Memory" and the Single "Groan of Life". The second single and video was published at the end of the same year, just before the recording of "Stratosfear", first Full Length for the band. Stratosfear was recorded and mixed by "Hangar 18 Recording Studio" and mastered by "Conen Mastering Studio". The Artwork was made by the band itself.