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At home with Amadou and Mariam - in pictures

4437 days ago
Guardian MusicPhotographer Andy Hall visits musicians Amadou and Mariam in their home town of Bamako, Mali more info

Amadou and Mariam: 'When you live in this world you have to make yourself useful'

4437 days ago
Guardian MusicCaspar Llewellyn Smith meets Mali's blind musicians Amadou and Mariam at their home in BamakoSunday in Bamako, and it's hot and dusty outside on the street, but inside in Amadou and Mariam's sitting room everything is altogether more subdued, with th... more info

Sleeve notes: The Brits, the Boss and other business

4439 days ago
Guardian MusicMusic news, reviews and discussion from the last seven daysIn the newsBrit awards and ITV apologise to Adele One Direction snubbed by Capital FM after Brits gaffe Blur to headline London Olympics closing concert Rihanna and Chris Brown release two ne... more info

Amadou and Mariam: Wili Kataso live session - video

4440 days ago
Guardian MusicMalian duo Amadou Bagayoko and Mariam Doumbia visit the Guardian studio to perform an exclusive live version of Wili KatasoBen KapeAndy GallagherEkaterina Ochagavia more info

What are you listening to? We'd like to know

4455 days ago
Guardian MusicFancy showing off your impeccable taste in music? Share your playlists with usFrom next week we'll be changing the format of the Now Listening series – and we'd like your help.Each week we'll be inviting a reader to share with us a playlist of song... more info

Amadou & Mariam – “Dougou Badia” (Feat. Santigold)

4488 days ago
StereogumAmadou & Mariam’s new LP, Folila is out in March, and the record features a slew of notable collaborators alongside longtime cohort and producer Marc-Antoine Moreau. Theophilus London, TV On The Radio and Bassekou Kouyate all drop in. Today, we’v... more info

Amadou & Mariam bring their concerts in the dark to London

4589 days ago
Altsounds*Amadou & Mariam, Eclispe Wednesday 2, Thursday 3 & Friday 4th November 2011, 7.30pm at York Hall* Produced by the Barbican, Amadou & Mariam, All Other Music and Because Music. Originally commissioned by Manchester International Festival July 2... more info

Top jazz and world-music picks for autumn

4612 days ago
Guardian MusicWayne Shorter headlines a much-anticipated gig, followed by the London Jazz festival in November, while the blind duo Amadou and Mariam tell their life story – in the darkWayne Shorter Quartet and PhronesisA much-anticipated gig from sax star Short... more info

Amadou & Mariam, New Century Hall, Manchester

4659 days ago
The TelegraphThe music of Amadou & Mariam, the blind superstars, came in gloriously vivacious colour at the New Century Hall Manchester. Rating: * * * * more info

Amadou and Mariam - review

4660 days ago
Guardian MusicNew Century Hall, ManchesterThe biggest-selling act to have emerged from Africa this century first met at a school for the blind in Mali in the early 1970s. Subsequently married, Amadou Bagayoko and Mariam Doumbia have since received support from the... more info

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