Amadou and Mariam have this rare ability to take the melodic essence of Malian music, add dashes of funk, reggae and soul to it and by somekind of magical mutation increase its appeal exponentially whilst keeping its soul intact.
Amadou and Mariam's success is a boon to the whole African, and indeed, world music scene, giving all of us something to study, cherish even dream about emulating one day.
I saw Amadou and Mariam at the sage gateshead earlier this year with a friend from school and they were really good also went to womad couple months ago and wished they'd gone!!
Amadou et Mariam, once billed as The Blind Couple of Mali, are just that, a blind husband and wife musical act.
Amadou and Miriam seem to hear their own music through the filter that made them marvel when they were adolescents: the pop of the Seventies, electric blues, reggae, Cuba...
Amadou and Mariam have added a bewitched groove and psychedelic crescendos without compromising the spiritual harmonies of their music.
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