Amadou & Mariam on Songwriting and Their Musical Mission | Red Bull Music Academy

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Guitarist/vocalist Amadou Bagayoko and vocalist Mariam Doumbia met at Mali’s Institute for Young Blind People, where they were both students and teachers. Today, the married couple and musical partners better known as Amadou & Mariam are the faces of contemporary West African music, combining traditional Malian music with everything from Cuban song and brass-driven funk to reggae and Delta blues.

Amadou & Mariam discussed the importance of Mali’s Institute for the Young Blind, their songwriting process, touring the world and their musical mission in their lecture at RBMA Berlin 2018.
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TOPICS:
4:17 – The Institute for the Young Blind
12:07 – Playing and touring with Les Ambassadeurs
31:28 – Moving to Côte d’Ivoire to record and going international
53:43 – Songwriting process
1:01:12 – The spirit of Mali
1:02:20 – Amadou & Mariam’s musical mission

MUSIC:
6:52 – Idrissa Soumaoro & L'eclipse – “Fama Allah” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaNNebsz_l8
24:05 – Les Ambassadeurs – Radio Mali broadcast
28:24 – Sheila – “Bang Bang” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rm2Eg-4cED8
42:51 – Amadou & Mariam – “Teree La Sebin” (live)
48:21 – Amadou & Mariam – “Je Pense A Toi” (live)
1:07:40 – Amadou & Mariam – “La Fête Au Village” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=droTNQSdA08
1:18:47 – Amadou & Mariam – “Sabali” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRtQmqqfdoc
1:25:11 – Amadou & Mariam – “Bofou Safou” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SJR81-JIwA

When the duo began in 1980, however, they had to travel hundreds of miles to Abidjan in Cote D'Ivoire, which until recently was one of the cultural and economic centers of Francophone West Africa, to make cassettes and perform. Within the next decade, they were playing in Europe and winding up on compilations from Western music labels. With eight studio albums, including several on U.S. labels like Nonesuch, and collaborations with famed international artists like Manu Chao and Somali rapper K’Naan, Amadou & Mariam continue to celebrate and expand the limits of Malian music in concerts around the world.

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