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The video for Amadou & Mariam's song "Wily Kataso" from their 2012 album, Folila, was directed by Jennifer DeLia and features guest appearances from TV on the Radio's Kyp Malone and Tunde Adebimpe.
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An animated music video for Amadou & Mariam's "Masiteladi," off their album Welcome to Mali. For the song's original-language lyrics and English translation, click here.
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Amadou & Mariam perform "Ce N'Est Pas Bon," from their new album, Welcome to Mali, live at Radio France's Studio 104, December 1, 2008.
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Somali-born rapper K'Naan contibutes guest vocals on the song "Africa" on Amadou & Mariam's album Welcome to Mali. Amadou & Mariam explain how this "original West Coast–East Coast collaboration," as K'Naan calls it, came about, and how themes of peace and solidarity feature prominently in their work.
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Mariam and producer Damon Albarn explain the creative process behind their collaboration on Amadou & Mariam's Welcome to Mali's opening track, "Sabali." Features an excerpt of the song's music video.
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Amadou discusses his lifelong love of musics of all types—blues, rock, jazz, rap, even disco—and from countries across Africa and around the world, exemplified in the Africa Express concerts organized by Damon Albarn. "The great thing about Amadou," says Albarn, "is he's got open ears." Features an excerpt of Amadou & Mariam's performance at the Africa Express for the BBC Electric Proms.
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"I think the best term for us now is Afro-blues rock," Amadou explains in discussing the evolution of Amadou & Mariam's Welcome to Mali's dance/rock sound and moving beyond the confines of "world music." Features an excerpt of Amadou & Mariam's live performance of the album's title track at Radio France.
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Amadou & Mariam discuss their meeting at Bamako's Institute for Young Blind People and the founding of their eponymous group for a concert in 1980, one month after their wedding. Includes archival photos from their early years together.
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Mariam discusses her early musical inspirations and her childhood experience as the go-to singer for weddings and other community events in Bamako. Features an excerpt of Amadou & Mariam's live performance of "Sebeke" at Radio France.
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