Diawara plays a genre of music called Wassoulou, the music of an inland area in West Africa that crosses Mali, Guinea, and the Ivory Coast. Learn more here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wassoulou_music

The group Ibeyi is a pair of French-Cuban twins; the word Ibeyi means "twins" in Yoruba. Here they team up with American singer Meshell Ndegeocello.

An all-woman band formed in San Francisco in 1989, 4 Non Blonds is bassist Christa Hillhouse, guitarist Shaunna Hall, drummer Wanda Day, and vocalist and guitarist Linda Perry.