On 26 october 2005 after their show at the olympia in paris, they were awarded a platinum disc by the french ministry of culture for selling 300,000 units of dimanche a bamako. Amadou and mariam, dimanche a bamako music the guardian. When you live in this world you have to make yourself useful. Produced by manu chao, a musician who never met a stylistic. Amadou and mariam are a musical duo from mali, composed of the couple mariam doumbia vocals born in malis capital bamako 15 april 1958 and amadou bagayoko guitar and vocals born in bamako 24 october 1954.
The album features guests such as ivorian reggae star tiken jah fakoly and italian skajazz trumpeter roy paci. It was released on because music on november 17, 2008 in europe and was released on nonesuch records on march 24, 2009 in the united states. Jun 02, 2005 amadou and mariam, dimanche a bamako 4 5 stars 4 out of 5. By using our website and our services, you agree to our use of cooki. Get youtube premium get youtube tv best of youtube music sports gaming movies tv shows news live. Stream adfree with amazon music unlimited on mobile, desktop, and tablet. Amadou bagayoko and mariam doumbia, a married couple from mali who first met at an institute for the blind, have been making music together in one form or another since 1976. September 22, 2017 amadou and mariam are two blind musicians from mali who met, fell in love with each others.
Sep 29, 2005 now, with dimanche a bamako, the blind couple from mali seems wellpoised to make a huge splash, though its likely that the mainstream attention they get in the rest of the world will far. Folila, which means music in bambara, was recorded in bamako and new york with. Amadou bagayoko and mariam doumbia have been making music together since they first met and fell in love at the institute for young blind people in bamako, malis capital, in the mid1970s. Try disabling any ad blockers and refreshing this page. Dimanche a bamako is a fun, happy and familyfriendly quality world music album worth a listen if you are intelligent and experimental with your music tastes. Poised to stand as the years biggest album by a pair of blind musicians from mali, dimanche a bamako sounds a joyous call for the kind of musical and cultural polyphony that can translate on any number of fronts. The pair, known as the blind couple from mali met at malis institute for the young blind, and found they shared an interest in music. Dimanche a bamako is my choice for world album of the year for 2005. Following the wildly successful dimanche a bamako in 2008, world circuit decided to bring the blind malian duo amadou bagayoko and mariam doumbia to american shores. Amadou et mariam bara joaquins sacred rhythm dance side a1 by killerraregroovez. Welcome to mali, issued here on nonesuch, is their debut in the united stares were always last, even the canadians were in on the debut, and their hotshot rapper knaan appears on one cut. Manu chao is brilliant and makes a perfect and interesting addition to malian duo amadou and miriam.
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