{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fobject-of-sound.simplecast.com%2Fepisodes%2Ffuture-facing-sound-feat-fatoumata-diawara-x8jrXiJW","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"Future Facing Sound (feat. Fatoumata Diawara)","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/b7a2a0b8-3ceb-47f9-9148-89d1246ba3b5/8d5885ad-76f7-45d8-960e-f287feae2eac/oos-new.jpg","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"","height":200,"description":"In Mali, where Fatoumata Diawara was raised, it is common for women to sing, but much rarer for women to play an instrument. As a result, Fatoumata—who is one of the first, if not the first woman guitarist in all of Mali—has developed a self-taught, intuitive guitar playing style that is entirely her own. “This way of playing, it's me,” says Fatoumata. “It represents my fight as a musician, as an African, and as a lady on stage.” In this episode of Object of Sound, Fatoumata talks to Hanif about how she discovered her calling as a musician, and the exciting ways that she is fusing the traditional music of her homeland with Western influences on her third studio album, out next year. Hanif closes the episode with a selection of blues and folk music from Mali. For the playlist of songs curated for this episode, head over to radio.sonos.com.\n\nMusic In This Week’s Episode: \nKalan - Fatoumata Diawara\nBassemory - Mamou Sidibé\nLalla - Tinariwen\nKuma - Salif Keita\nSabali - Amadou & Mariam\nSarama - Oumou Sangaré\nTongo Barra - Vieux Farka Touré, Khruangbin\n\n"}