Amadou And Mariam

On their first album in five years, Amadou Bagayoko and Mariam Doumbia, the husband-and-wife duo from Mali, both reflect and deflect “La Confusion” going on in their West African homeland and across the world.

On their first album in five years, Amadou Bagayoko and Mariam Doumbia, the husband-and-wife duo from Mali, both reflect and deflect “La Confusion” going on in their West African homeland and across the world.

"La vie est belle" is more than a career best of Amadou & Mariam, the world's most famous Malian couple who collaborated with great names such as Damon Albarn, Santigold, Manu Chao, Scissor Sisters and TV On The Radio. It's bringing together exclusive new songs such as "Mogulu," and their greatest hits, from "Sabali" and "Beaux Dimanches," to "Je pense toi (live version)" and "Bofou Safou." 2 CD Digisleeve edition also features as bonus, "Eclipse," the unreleased cult concert from 2012 recorded in the darkness. 16-page booklet included.

"La vie est belle" is more than a career best of Amadou & Mariam, the world's most famous Malian couple who collaborated with great names such as Damon Albarn, Santigold, Manu Chao, Scissor Sisters and TV On The Radio. It's bringing together exclusive new songs such as "Mogulu," and their greatest hits, from "Sabali" and "Beaux Dimanches," to "Je pense toi (live version)" and "Bofou Safou." 2 CD Digisleeve edition also features as bonus, "Eclipse," the unreleased cult concert from 2012 recorded in the darkness. 16-page booklet included.

Having issued a handful of excellent Afro-rock albums on small independent labels in the last few years, which have attracted attention within the world music community, Amadou and Miriam are poised to break out with Dimanche A Bamako, arguably the best album of a career that goes back 30 years. Produced by mischievous French/Spanish pop star Manu Chao (who even co-wrote and sings on a few tunes), the album fuses the couple's dynamic grooves with the producer's signature everything-and-the-kitchen sink backgrounds. This is truly a collaboration of like-minded individuals: Chao's own rabid multi-culti mix of styles enhances the blind couple's guitar-driven mix of blues-rock and African percussion, as well as Latin, dance and reggae grooves. Highlights include the impossibly catchy Senegal Fast Food and the percolating Coulibaly, while the couple's political bent comes out on Politic Amagni. Truly an album with a global perspective, there is something for everyone here, and rather than diluting the stew, it makes it all the more tasty.

In this delightful album putumayo unveils the connection between African and American music by exploring the african roots of the blues. The music collected whether from Mali or Memphis, always maintains a uniquely blues feel to it. Excellent selections from great artists such as John Lee Hooker, Habib Koite, Muddy Waters, Taj Mahal, Rokia Traore and Boubacar Traore, serve to show the similarities between the two musical traditions. Enjoy one of putumayo's gems in lossless.

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