For nearly 30 years, the Music Haven Concert Series has brought the global stage to Schenectady, introducing Capital Region residents to a wide array of artists and genres. On Sunday night, West ...

Amadou Bagayoko, one half of great Malian duo Amadou & Mariam, died on Friday following an illness. The Malian ministry of culture released a statement saying they “learned with concern of the passing ...

AMADOU & MARIAM: (Singing in French). SIMON: Amadou Bagayoko and Mariam Doumbia are married. They're from Mali, and they both lost their vision as children. They sing in French and Bambara on their ...

Back on November 21st I asked, “What is the best album of 2008?” In that post I listed the top ten albums according to Metacritic’s aggregated critic-rating statistics. At the time, The Bug held the ...

This is viewer supported news. Please do your part today. In Mali, thousands of mourners gathered in Bamako Sunday for the funeral of Amadou Bagayoko, half of the the world-renowned duo Amadou & ...

Amadou & Mariam Announce U.S. Tour in Support of New Live Album 'ECLIPSE' Amadou & Mariam are beloved West African music ambassadors who break through musical and cultural barriers while inspiring ...

Guitarist Amadou Bagayoko has died. He was 70 years old. He was half of the renowned duo Amadou & Mariam. Known as the Blind Couple from Mali, they lifted their country's music to stages around the ...

Amadou Bagayoko, the singer and guitarist of Malian duo Amadou & Mariam, has died. The musician passed away on Friday (Apr. 4) in his birthplace of Bamako, and Mali's Minister of Culture Mamou Daffé ...

The title and subject of Amadou & Mariam's latest album, La Confusion, would lead you to believe that the music this married, Malian couple make might be sad and troubled. But Amadou & Mariam, on the ...

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