Deep Listening Day #4 — Amadou & Mariam: Welcome to Mali (2008). I've heard some of A & M's music before, but this was the first I've listened to one of their albums. wow! I described it as celebratory. Mary Mac concurred. not our lat listen.
Amadou and Mariam, a married couple, both blind, from Mali. Amadou Bagayoko died in April this year. Mariam Doumbia has been blind since the age of five due to an untreated measles infection.
Amadou & Mariam - La Paix
Amadou Bagayoko of music duo Amadou & Mariam dies aged 70
Terribly sad news. Always a delight to see them at festivals.
RIP Amadou Bagayoko.
Femmes du Monde - Amadou & Mariam
#music #theforeverplaylist #AmadouAndMariam #LaConfusion https://amadoumariam.bandcamp.com/track/femmes-du-monde
from the album La Confusion
Last year saw dazzling cover art for records by Fontaines DC, Julia Holter and more. But Rajni Perera’s soulful blue painting for Hiatus Kaiyote’s Love Heart Cheat Code proved to be the ultimate winner of the 20th Best Art Vinyl award
On record shops in Europe and buying albums in Rome
https://open.substack.com/pub/tangleofwires/p/food-for-the-soul
#music #punk #punkrock #postpunk #rock #albums #recordstore #recordshop #recordshops #berlin #madrid #marseille #Rome #pattismith #sexpistols #jimihendrix #jimihendrixexperience #amadouandmariam #missionofburma #substack #newsletter
Reminder that #amadouandmariam's Welcome to Mali is a Perfect album
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdqZQPNShYrB0xomgi_lFw1u-UdaMBRvB&feature=shared