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Bureaucracy is turning Britain into a cultural backwater | Ian Birrell

4647 days ago
Guardian MusicPerformers from non-European countries are taking Britain off the playlist because border controls are too stringentIdrissa Soumaoro should have been rehearsing with the celebrated Malian musicians Amadou & Mariam for a show at the Manchester interna... more info

Immersive theatre: It was a ghost in the library with a violin . . .

4652 days ago
Guardian MusicImmersive theatre is everywhere right now – even classical concerts are getting in on the act. Andrew Dickson investigatesIt's late in the evening, and in a room deep inside Chetham's School of Music the young Russian virtuoso Alina Ibragimova is e... more info

SMOD: SMOD - review

4684 days ago
Guardian Music(Because Music)Five years ago, when I visited Amadou and Mariam at their home in Bamako, I was approached by their son Sam, who asked me onto the roof to listen to some songs he had been working on with his friends. Now they have recorded them, and S... more info

Manchester International Festival 2011: Performances in the dark

4689 days ago
Guardian MusicAmadou & Mariam will perform their MIF show in the dark for a richer sensory experienceAt this year's festival, you'll be able to hear the music of Mali's finest the way it was conceived, in darkness – Amadou & Mariam are both blind. "If you cannot... more info

Shorties (Amadou and Mariam, W.S. Merwin, and more)

4786 days ago
LargeHeartedBoyThe Times Live profiles Amadou and Mariam. While authorities at the Institute for Young Blind in Bamako initially advised the young couple against having a relationship - there were many who felt that a union between two blind people would... more info

Amadou & Mariam to release Remixes album + to support U2

4848 days ago
AltsoundsMalian superstars Amadou & Mariam will release a fourteen-track album of remixes on the 10th January 2011. The Remixes collection features some of their greatest singles from their best-selling albums 'Welcome to Mali' and 'Dimanche à Bamako'... more info

Amadou & Mariam – “Sabali (Miike Snow Remix)” (Stereogum Premiere)

4854 days ago
StereogumAs its title suggests, the 13-song Amadou & Mariam Remixes finds a variety of DJs and producers remixing longtime Mali couple (and World Cup vets) Amadou & Mariam’s eclectic Afro-pop. Some of the revisions have been floating around, others are prev... more info

Calling all readers: help Damon Albarn relax

4894 days ago
Guardian MusicAs Damon Albarn forms yet another new band, we thought you might be able to suggest some other hobbies he could take up instead. After all, what's wrong with clay pigeon shooting?To be honest, yesterday's news that Damon Albarn has decided to start a... more info

How African music made it big in Colombia

5013 days ago
Guardian MusicThe mobile soundsystems of 1970s Colombia embraced the music of Nigeria, Congo and beyond long before anyone else – and all because it reminded them of their donkeysFrom the Afrobeat indie of New York's Vampire Weekend to the ongoing rise of Mali's... more info

The Fes Festival of World Sacred Music, review

5028 days ago
The TelegraphAmadou and Mariam shone at Morocco's chaotic and fascinating world music festival. Rating: **** more info

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