Amadou & Mariam

Award winning guitar and vocals outfit from Mali, Amadou & Mariam are husband and wife duo Amadou Bagayoko and Mariam Doubia, whose extraordinary talent has carried their distinct music all the way from their home town of Bamako to the world stage and international renown.

Since the duo's inception at the Institute for the Young Blind in Mali in the late 1980s, the couple have gone on to team up with latin legend Manu Chao on their 2005 breakthrough album "Dimanche à Bamako", to write the theme song for the 2006 FIFA World Cup, and to tour with bands such as The Scissor Sisters and Coldplay.

Amadou & Mariam have expanded from their original simple guitar and vocals line-up playing rootsy guitar music, to a fuller ensemble including backing musicians from several African, South American, and Asian traditions. The result is the truly unique sound of Afro blues-rock and funk, epitomised by this outstanding pair of musicians.

Web: www.amadou-mariam.com
www.myspace.com/amadouandmariam

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