Monday, November 24, 2008

Amadou and Mariam's Welcome to Mali

"World music – and especially the stuff coming out of Africa – has a bit of a bad reputation in the UK. For some reason, there's been a bit of a belief that a whole continent of 900-odd million people only produces traditional music which people with beards and sandals would like. Which is rubbish of course. It's a bit like suggesting that people from England only make Morris dancing tunes and songs that have to be played on the lute."

Click here for James Cooper's full review on Amadou and Mariam's new album

1 comments:

Anonymous said...

These guys are brilliant!

Listened to some of their tunes like Sabali and Senegal Fast food.