Amadou & Mariam’s NEW Single and Music Video “Sabali” Are Both Brilliant!

“Sabali” is the first single from the new album by Amadou & Mariam called “Welcome to Mali” which was co-produced by Blur’s Damon Albarn. Amadou & Mariam are a musical duo from Mali, composed of the couple Mariam Doumbia (vocals) and Amadou Bagayoko (guitar and vocals). The pair, known as “the blind couple from Mali” met at Mali’s Institute for the Young Blind, and found they shared an interest in music.
I have seen this magical duo perform live twice; once at Coachella two years ago and the second a few days ago as they opened for Coldplay here in the San Francisco bay area. I was blown away by the tight performances and all around fun vibe there music has on a crowd. It was a pure delight to watch unsuspecting people witness this group for the first time.
I cannot tell enough music fans how great this band truly is, their previous full length album “Dimanche à Bamako” (produced by Manu Chao) was the best CD of 2005 hands down! Watch the video below and make up your own mind; are you a fan or not?

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