The lovely duo will be touring the US in support of their upcoming album, Welcome To Mali this spring. The first leg will feature Amadou & Mariam on their own and then they'll open for the dreaded, goofy pirate/Sgt. Pepper's brigade that call themselves Coldplay. Amadou & Mariam - Sabali Amadou & Mariam will play the Paradise [...]
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My love affair with African music began one summer night, after a beach party in San Diego where some (once) legal substances were ingested with a group of friends amongst the crashing waves of the Pacific. Back at a friend’s house, he introduced me to my first African sampling, King Sunny Ade’s Synchro System, and I was instantly transported to a nether realm of rhythm and texture, a place I
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I tried to ignore this album but it found me just the same, and I can’t describe how glad I am that it did. It’s not that I actively avoided listening to it, but even with the stellar reviews pouring in last year, I never took the time to track it down and give it a chance. Fortunately, Welcome to Mali was just recently released in the U.S. and a couple weeks ago, a copy showed up in my mailbo
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Or is it leaving Mali behind? This album sees them joined by a gang of bit players and stretching in several new directions away from the World Music ghetto. Andrew Dowdall reviews.
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Have you ever heard these people! This whole album is so amazing. I highly recommend it to anyone who cares anything about music. This is my first listen and I just keep playing it over and over. Every track blends perfectly into the next creating a masterpiece of sound for my ears. Here is wikipedias words on them..i am too lazy to write. Dimanche A Bamako was produced by Manu Chao.--------Wik...
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I got this from the ongoing "summer mix" sessions over at Salon. I loved what they had last summer and I'm back for more. I love the mix--crazy extreme panning, great hook. I wish my french was better. I just love the way he says Dakar. I do. And hell, let's throw in a harmonica, an organ, a children's choir, twenty guitars, and it all sounds crisp. Find it. It's free.
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"A musical husband and wife duo that got its start in Mali, Amadou & Mariam met in 1975 at Mali's Bamako Institute for the Young Blind," according to allmusic.com. In the last decade they've become popular in Europe as well. I apologise for choosing an act that is not totally obscure. Amadou et Mariam cut me some slack by giving this song a repeating chord progression and a 4/4 time signatur...
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Did you miss the Stern Grove season opener this weekend? Me too. Boo.In an attempt to experience it at least tangentially, I started surfing the festival website, and discovered all sorts of free mp3 downloads! Go check it out, and get ready for Amadou & Mariam next week!
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Have you ever heard these people! This whole album is so amazing. I highly recommend it to anyone who cares anything about music. This is my first listen and I just keep playing it over and over. Every track blends perfectly into the next creating a masterpiece of sound for my ears. Here is wikipedias words on them..i am too lazy to write. Dimanche A Bamako was produced by Manu Chao.--------Wik...
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Amadou and Mariam are a musical duo from Mali.The pair, known as "the blind couple from Mali".The duo produces music that mixes traditional Mali sound with rock guitars, Syrian violins, Cuban trumpets, Egyptian ney, Colombian trombones, Indian tablas and Dogon percussion - All these elements put together have been referred to as "Afro-blues".The new single 'Sabali' is produced by Damon Albarn (...
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Ryan(StopMe): Almost all my Christmas shopping is done and I've still found time to pick ten more tunes from across the world, the web and the musical-spectrum to tickle your taste buds: On 'Sabali', hugely successful African musicians Amadou and Mariam let producer Damon Albarn mess ...
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| 1 Sabali |
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| 2 Ce N'Est Pas Bon |
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| 3 Djama |
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| 4 Djuru |
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| 5 Je Te Kiffe |
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