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Amadou & Mariam
Released:
Nov 2008
Label:
Nonesuch
Freed from the friendly (if spastic) tyranny of Manu Chao, Amadou and Mariam spread their wings on this follow-up to 2005's hugely successful Dimanche a Bamako. With unlimited resources (and collaborators, apparently), the duo adds subtle niceties of Western pop to their African blues, smoothing down the rough edges of their rolling, hypnotic, call-and-response music. Of the two, Amadou remains the superior singer, his voice and guitar both warm and enveloping instruments. Check out the Damon Albarn-produced "Sabali."
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2009 Because Music, exclusively licensed to Nonesuch Records for the United States and WEA International for the world outside of UK/Eire/France.