M bife amadou and mariam biography
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The duo toured for years, the music brought them from Mali to the Ivory Coast and then to Paris in the nineties. Their big international album breakthrough came in the early 2000s, when Manu Chao produced the album Dimanche à Bamako, “Sunday in Bamako”. It was received with ecstatic reviews in the world's biggest music publications when it was released. They became well known all over the world, a festival mainstay, opening for U2 and collaborating with Damon Albarn and Keziah Jones. The commercial highlight might have been the FIFA World Cup song “Celebrate the day”, which they released with Herbert Grönemeyer in 2006. It became a big hit in Germany and neighbouring countries, and is a rare example of a good championship anthem.
But more important than all of this: Amadou & Mariam has stood at the forefront of a renewed global interest in music from the African continent. Greater access has fostered a new curiosity, not for the “exotic” or “different”, but for the music on its
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Dimanche à Bamako
- Music[8]
- Nicolas Auriauit — trumpet
- Amadou Bagayoko — guitar, vocals
- Samou Bagayoko — choir
- Manu Chao — guitar, vocals, choir
- Ousmane Cissé — choir
- Boubacar Dembele — djembe
- Mariam Doumbia — vocals, choir
- Roberto Shilling Pollo Duarte — piano
- Tiken Jah Fakoly — vocals
- Laurent Griffon — bass
- Stéphane Hamokrane — choir
- Alain Hatot — clarinet, flute, baritone saxophone
- Pierre Hauthe — trombone
- Renaud Lacoche — saw
- Loïc Landois — harmonica
- Cédric Lesouquet — double bass
- Ibrahim Maalouf — trumpet
- François Regis Matuszenski — keyboards
- Roy Paci — trumpet
- Stephane San Juan — drums, tabla
- Philippe Teboul — percussion
- Tiemoko Traoré — choir
- Production[8]
- Philippe Avocat — assistant
- Manu Chao — programming, producer, engineer, editing
- Tony Cousins — mastering
- Antoine Halet — engineer
- Lau
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Amadou & Mariam
- Fine, distinctive work featuring powerful vocals – The Guardian on “La Confusion”
The blind couple and artist duo Amadou & Mariam from Mali found each other through music. Amadou Bagayoko was one of Malis most sought after guitarist when he met Mariam at the institute for the blind youth in Bamako. Mariam Doumbia became his favorite lärling, and being a talented songwriter, she became Amadous motivation to help her by making arrangemang for her lyrics. Amadou says himself about this:“My real motivation was Mariam herself. Her beautiful voice, that is. The lyrics touched me because they reflected her sadness and the hypocrisy with which society often treats disabled people. I told her music was a good way to discover that we had a place in society”.
Since the duo started making music together, successful projects have been birthed one after the other. This year they are celebrating 30 years as a duo. The great international breakthrough happened