He created the event with each new album. On April 25, Matthieu Chedid, said M, released his last disc, The whole of the whole of the lamomalwith his Franco-Malian group, Lamomali, formed in 2015 following a trip by the artist to this African country. He met two masters of the Kora, a traditional instrument with 21 strings: Sidiki Diabaté and his father, Toumani. “”It was a very strong emotional shock. I felt a form of mystical connection“, He will then confide. The trio united to release a first opus in 2017, with the participation of the great singer Fatoumata Diawara. Halted at a music victory, he flows to 300,000 copies. Seven years later, Toumani Diabaté asked the French composer to rekindle the collective to create a second album. But in July 2024, the musician died suddenly in Bamako years, in full recording of this unprecedented opus.
The project nevertheless continued alongside prestigious guests: the rapper Oxmo Puccino, Amadou & Mariam, Ibrahim Maalouf, only Jorge or Patrick Watson. To present the twelve titles that make up TotemM and the Diva Fatoumata Diawara will give a free and exclusive concert this Tuesday, April 29, 2025 on the stage of Studio 104 of the Maison de la Radio et de la Musique. They will sing in public between 8 p.m. and 9 p.m., an event broadcast live on France Inter as part of a program hosted by journalist Laurent Goumarre.
“Bringing sun and good humor”
The pair was invited this morning at 7:50 am to the station to evoke this musical moment. They notably announced that they would interpret I love youin tribute to Amadou Bagayoko, of the Duo Amadou & Mariam, disappeared in early April. “”We are quite upset“, moved Matthieu Chedid against Sonia Devillers. Before explaining the goal of this concert: “Above all, it’s the party, the idea of celebrating all these magnificent people and bringing sun and good humor.“The meeting is made.
