They have been married and performing as a duo since 1980. Amadou bagayoko and mariam doumbia have been making music together since they first met and fell in love at the institute for young blind people in bamako, malis capital, in the mid1970s. Nov 08, 2004 get all the lyrics to songs on dimanche a bamako and join the genius community of music scholars to learn the meaning behind the lyrics. The album features guests such as ivorian reggae star tiken jah fakoly and italian skajazz trumpeter roy paci. Amadou and mariam, dimanche a bamako music the guardian. After shelling out for amadou and mariams best of collection je pense a toi i wasnt really looking to further my acquaintance, but dimanche a bamako must have been released later because theres no overlap in tracks between the two and im certainly glad i didnt pass it by. When you live in this world you have to make yourself useful. It was released on the nonesuch records label on 2 august 2005. On 26 october 2005 after their show at the olympia in paris, they were awarded a platinum disc by the french ministry of culture for selling 300,000 units of dimanche a bamako. Welcome to mali, issued here on nonesuch, is their debut in the united stares were always last, even the canadians were in on the debut, and their hotshot rapper knaan appears on one cut.
Through recordings and joyously energetic live shows, the pair attracted a following that grew exponentially with the release of dimanche a bamako in 2005. Dimanche a bamako is a fun, happy and familyfriendly quality world music album worth a listen if you are intelligent and experimental with your music tastes. Poised to stand as the years biggest album by a pair of blind musicians from mali, dimanche a bamako sounds a joyous call for the kind of musical and cultural polyphony that can translate on any number of fronts. September 22, 2017 amadou and mariam are two blind musicians from mali who met, fell in love with each others. The pair, known as the blind couple from mali met at malis institute for the young blind, and found they shared an interest in music.
Theres something so uplifting and joyful about this album. Following the wildly successful dimanche a bamako in 2008, world circuit decided to bring the blind malian duo amadou bagayoko and mariam doumbia to american shores. Stream adfree with amazon music unlimited on mobile, desktop, and tablet. Sep 29, 2005 now, with dimanche a bamako, the blind couple from mali seems wellpoised to make a huge splash, though its likely that the mainstream attention they get in the rest of the world will far. It was released on because music on november 17, 2008 in europe and was released on nonesuch records on march 24, 2009 in the united states. Try disabling any ad blockers and refreshing this page. Get youtube premium get youtube tv best of youtube music sports gaming movies tv shows news live. But to his credit, dimanche a bamako achieves its first aim, which is to expose the amazing sound of amadou and mariam to a global audience and to give this hardworking and talented couple the success and universal acclaim that has been long overdue. Dimanche a bamako is my choice for world album of the year for 2005. Amadou bagayoko and mariam doumbia, a married couple from mali who first met at an institute for the blind, have been making music together in one form or another since 1976.