# Fatoumata Diawara at Herbst Theatre, April 4, 2024

[SFJAZZ](https://www.sfjazz.org/tickets/productions/23-24/fatoumata-diawara/) presents [Fatoumata Diawara](https://fatoumatadiawara.com/)  
[Herbst Theatre](http://www.sfwmpac.org/herbst-theatre)  
[Veterans' Building, San Francisco War Memorial Performing Arts Center, 401 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94102-4522 USA](http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Veterans'+Building,+San+Francisco+War+Memorial+Performing+Arts+Center,+401+Van+Ness+Avenue,+San+Francisco,+CA+94102-4522+USA&hl=en)  
8:00 PM, Thursday, April 4, 2024

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## One Set

[8:07 PM] {lights down; pre-recorded house announcements; applause for band entrance; show begins without FD‚ who enters about a minute later}

01. [8:08 PM] _Tolon_
02. [8:16 PM] _Somaw_
03. [8:26 PM] _Mogokan_
04. [8:31 PM] _Seguen_
05. [8:41 PM] _Sete_  
[8:50 PM] {FD takes off her guitar}
06. [8:50 PM] _Dambe_
07. [8:55 PM] _Yada_  
[8:56 PM] {FD calls a halt: Time for everybody to get up and dance or else I'm gonna stop the show!}  
[8:56 PM] {restart Yada}
08. [9:05 PM] (keyboard solo) » [9:06 PM] {band comes in; FD back out in a minute} » [9:07 PM] {FD lauds FT‚ then introduces the band members one-by-one} » [9:08 PM] {back to the song now? Nope‚ FD gives a rambling speech about the need to prop up women; then on to giving props to Nina Simone and eventually identifying this tune as Nina's _Feeling Good_} »
09. [9:18 PM] _Nsera_ » [9:19 PM] {FD really long speech: talking about Afrobeat‚ then Malian music‚ and importance of music in general‚ then on and on to other topics} » [9:23 PM] {back to Nsera}
10. [9:29 PM] _Massa Den_
11. [9:35 PM] _Blues_ »  
[9:44 PM] {FD heads offstage while the band wails away}  
[9:45 PM] {applause at end set}  
   
**Finale**
12. [9:46 PM] (unidentified tune)  
[10:00 PM] {final applause}  
[10:01 PM] {bows and waves from the band, then all off; show ends}


## Performers

* [Fatoumata Diawara](https://fatoumatadiawara.com/): guitar, loops, vox;
* [Juan Finger](https://juanfingermusic.com/): 5-string bass;
* Jurandir Santana: guitar;
* Fernando Tejero: keyboards;
* [Ombe Monkama Yves William AKA Willy Ombe](https://ombewilliam.com/): drums.

## Notes

Although it took me awhile to warm up to it, by the end of tonight's show I was wholly won over. Looking back, that seems exactly how I felt upon first seeing her in [2013](https://www.funfolks.net/dw/doku.php?id=2013:2013-03:2013-03-30) -- funny how that worked out. Yet another example that time is more like a spiral than a straight line?

Almost everything performed tonight came from her latest album, _London Ko_, released about a year ago. I'm glad we attended: hopefully she'll be back again with new material in a year or three!

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## Photos

Big thanks to Ting for the photo gallery!

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