MAR 16-19 | AMADOU AND MARIAM
Mar 16 - Mar 19, 2023
Miner Auditorium
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Original show description below.
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 return with 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)
La Confusion is a fitting statement of gratitude and connectedness, an album that “offers uplift in a time of global insecurity.” (Pitchfork)
PRESS
› Malian music stars Amadou & Mariam bring ‘Eclipse’ tour to Bay Area (Mercury News)
Among the world’s most renowned African musical acts.
The New York Times
Among the world’s most renowned African musical acts.
The New York Times
Personnel
Amadou Bagayoko guitar, vocals
Mariam Doumbia vocals
Yao Dembele bass
Yvo Abadi drums
Charles Frederik Avot keyboards
The couple's easy, deeply soulful rapport on vocals, Bagayoko's stinging leads and their indelible melodies make the record work.
DownBeat
Personnel
Amadou Bagayoko guitar, vocals
Mariam Doumbia vocals
Yao Dembele bass
Yvo Abadi drums
Charles Frederik Avot keyboards
The couple's easy, deeply soulful rapport on vocals, Bagayoko's stinging leads and their indelible melodies make the record work.
DownBeat
Watch & Listen
Amadou & Mariam
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Amadou & Mariam
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Amadou & Mariam
Bofou Safou
Amadou & Mariam
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