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If you think Mali is all about the kora or the Super Rail Band, you need to take a listen to Amadou & Mariam, a blind married couple who take Malian music in a whole different direction. They keep to the bluesy, pentatonic root that's the heart of the desert sound of Mali, but bring it toward the West, even letting guitars howl here and there and funking things up with some lovely keyboard work. Amadou & Mariam sing both separately and together (indeed, they're at their strongest together, when the two voices can work off each other on songs like "Chauffeurs"), and they're both strong writers, using rhythm as much as melody for a sound that's remarkably down-home. There's nothing complex about it -- perhaps the Bamako equivalent of a bar band, albeit a very good one. "Sarama," for example, rocks wonderfully and hypnotically, and wouldn't sound out of place in a roadhouse, getting the crowd up and dancing. Perhaps it's because they don't sound especially African in their approach to music -- allowing the roots to be just one part of the whole -- that they haven't received the praise they deserve.
© Chris Nickson /TiVo
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Amadou & Mariam, MainArtist - Amadou Bagayoko, Interprète Instrumental, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Mariam Doumbia, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2002 Decca Records France
Amadou & Mariam, MainArtist - Amadou Bagayoko, Interprète Instrumental, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Mariam Doumbia, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2002 Decca Records France
Amadou & Mariam, MainArtist - Amadou Bagayoko, Interprète Instrumental, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Mariam Doumbia, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2002 Decca Records France
Amadou & Mariam, MainArtist - Amadou Bagayoko, Interprète Instrumental, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Marc Dembele, ComposerLyricist - Mariam Doumbia, ComposerLyricist - Garcia Sergent, Interprète Vocal, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2002 Decca Records France
Amadou & Mariam, MainArtist - Amadou Bagayoko, Interprète Instrumental, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Mariam Doumbia, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2002 Decca Records France
Amadou & Mariam, MainArtist - Amadou Bagayoko, Interprète Instrumental, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Mariam Doumbia, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2002 Decca Records France
Amadou & Mariam, MainArtist - Amadou Bagayoko, Interprète Instrumental, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Mariam Doumbia, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2002 Decca Records France
Amadou & Mariam, MainArtist - Amadou Bagayoko, Interprète Instrumental, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Mariam Doumbia, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2002 Decca Records France
Amadou & Mariam, MainArtist - Amadou Bagayoko, Interprète Instrumental, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2002 Decca Records France
Amadou & Mariam, MainArtist - Amadou Bagayoko, Interprète Instrumental, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Mariam Doumbia, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2002 Decca Records France
Amadou & Mariam, MainArtist - Amadou Bagayoko, Interprète Instrumental, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Mariam Doumbia, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2002 Decca Records France
Amadou & Mariam, MainArtist - Amadou Bagayoko, Interprète Instrumental, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Mariam Doumbia, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2002 Decca Records France
Album review
If you think Mali is all about the kora or the Super Rail Band, you need to take a listen to Amadou & Mariam, a blind married couple who take Malian music in a whole different direction. They keep to the bluesy, pentatonic root that's the heart of the desert sound of Mali, but bring it toward the West, even letting guitars howl here and there and funking things up with some lovely keyboard work. Amadou & Mariam sing both separately and together (indeed, they're at their strongest together, when the two voices can work off each other on songs like "Chauffeurs"), and they're both strong writers, using rhythm as much as melody for a sound that's remarkably down-home. There's nothing complex about it -- perhaps the Bamako equivalent of a bar band, albeit a very good one. "Sarama," for example, rocks wonderfully and hypnotically, and wouldn't sound out of place in a roadhouse, getting the crowd up and dancing. Perhaps it's because they don't sound especially African in their approach to music -- allowing the roots to be just one part of the whole -- that they haven't received the praise they deserve.
© Chris Nickson /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 12 track(s)
- Total length: 00:57:21
- Main artists: Amadou & Mariam
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Universal Music Division Decca Records France
- Genre: World
© 2002 Universal Music Jazz France ℗ 2002 Decca Records France
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