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Malian music stars Amadou and Mariam perform Mariam’s composition “Batoma” from their 2008 album “Welcome to Mali” during their concert on March 17, 2023 as part of the 2022-23 Season, broadcast on Fridays Live.

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About the concert:

Amadou & Mariam, the famed “blind couple from Mali,” bring their grooving, GRAMMY-nominated mix of Malian pop and Hendrix-flavored blues-rock with “spine-tingling harmonies that make the music soar.” (Spin­) The Bamako-born husband and wife met at while students at Mali’s Institute for the Young Blind, and found a shared interest in music and performing. Since that momentous meeting, the couple has risen through the African and European music scenes to become one of the hottest world music acts today, sharing the stage with artists including Coldplay, U2, Alicia Keys and Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour. Five and half years after the release of their star-studded Nonesuch release “Folila” — a recording featuring collaborations with Damon Albarn, TV On The Radio, Santigold, and members of Antibalas and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs that brought a new dimension of notoriety to the duo — they released their most recent effort, 2017’s “La Confusion,” a move to a more intimate style featuring primarily African collaborators including kora player Djeli Moussa Diawara and ngoni master Youssouf Diabaté. At a time when Africa’s cultural and social issues have become so deeply politicized, La Confusion is a fitting statement of gratitude and connectedness, an album that “offers uplift in a time of global insecurity.” (Pitchfork)

PERSONNEL:

Amadou Bagayoko: guitar, vocals
Mariam Doumbia: vocals
Charles Frederik Avot: keyboards
Yao Dembele: bass
Yvo Abadi: drums

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