Fatoumata Diawara

And I think first and foremost, I got very... drawn to female composers from all over the world and songwriters.

So I started to listen to Laura Mbula, Fatoumata Diawara, Silvia Perez Cruz.

I completely got obsessed with Ghanaba music from Morocco, and that had a massive impact in my life and what that opened right into the world of Hawaria, the music performed by women.

But then I really got into like Leon Bridges, Alabama Shades, the Wood Brothers.

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