1. M’Bife
2. M’Bife Balafon
3. Coulibaly
4. La Realite
5. Senegal Fast Food
6. Artistiya
7. La Fete au Village
8. Camions Sauvages
9. Beaux Dimanches
10. La Paix
11. Djanfa
12. Taxi Bamako
13. Politic Amagni
14. Gnidjougouya
15. M’Bife Blues

    Amadou Bagayoko — guitar, vocals
    Mariam Doumbia — vocals, choir
    Nicolas Auriauit — trumpet
    Samou Bagayoko — choir
    Manu Chao — guitar, vocals, choir
    Ousmane Cissé — choir
    Boubacar Dembele — djembe
    Roberto Shilling Pollo Duarte — piano
    Tiken Jah Fakoly — vocals
    Laurent Griffon — bass
    Stéphane Hamokrane — choir
    Alain Hatot — clarinet, flute, baritone saxophone
    Pierre Hauthe — trombone
    Renaud Lacoche — saw
    Loïc Landois — harmonica
    Cédric Lesouquet — double bass
    Ibrahim Maalouf — trumpet
    François Regis Matuszenski — keyboards
    Roy Paci — trumpet
    Stephane San Juan — drums, tabla
    Philippe Teboul — percussion
    Tiemoko Traoré — choir

Amadou & Mariam, the blind couple from Mali, have certainly paid their dues over the last 30 years, and it's about time they received their big break. Certainly given the excellent reviews in Europe, Dimanche a Bamako could be it, thanks to the production and participation by the elf prince of world music, Manu Chao. He brings a playful lightness to their soulful, bluesy Malian sound, letting in plenty of sunshine, and drawing in a sense of place through the ambience of traffic sounds and snippets of conversation. Chao is also obviously present on several tracks, such as "Senegal Fast Food," which offers a bouncy, reggae-styled rhythm so typical of Chao's own records. But even when not so obviously asserting himself, his presence is felt in the space he creates, and the use he makes of Mariam's admittedly limited voice (she's good, but no one will ever mistake her for one of the word's greatest singers), as on "Beau Dimanche," for example. Lyrically, this is very much an album of love songs, postcards between the couple, but it never veers into maudlin sentiment. Yet there's also a political edge to it, such as with "La Realite." Even if you don't understand the words, however, the entire disc is an absolute aural joy, poppy enough to be exquisitely memorable, yet with layers of resonance underneath. Likely to be one of the world music albums of 2005, it can hopefully find the kind of wide audience it surely deserves. --- Chris Nickson, Rovi

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01. Dougou Badia (feat. Santigold)
02. Wily Kataso (feat. Tunde & Kyp)
03. Oh Amadou (feat. Bertrand Cantat)
04. Metemya (feat. Jake Shears)
05. Africa mon Afrique (feat. Bertrand Cantat)
06. C’est pas facile pour les aigles (feat. Ebony Bones)		play
07. Wari (feat. Amp Fidler)
08. Sans toi
09. Mogo (feat. Bertrand Cantat)
10. Another Way (feat. Bertrand Cantat)		play
11. Bagnale (feat. Abdallah Oumbadougou)
12. Nebe Miri (feat. Theophilus London)
13. Chérie

MUSICIANS:
Mariam Doumbia, vocals (1-3, 6-9, 12)
Amadou Bagayoko, guitars (1, 3-10, 12), vocals (2-6, 8-11), electric guitars (2, 11)
Santigold, vocals (1)
Nick Zinner, guitars (1), electric guitars (2), acoustic guitars (11)
Bertrand Cantat, guitars (1, 7, 10), backing vocals (2), vocals (3, 5, 6, 9), harmonica (3, 8), doumdoum (3), electric guitars (11)
Antoine Halet, guitars (1, 3), acoustic guitar (2)
Boubacar Dembélé, djembé (1, 5, 7, 9, 10), balafon (5), calbass (8), crincrin (10), doumdoum (10), congas (12)
Vieux Dembélé, djembe (1, 5, 10)
Sanogo Foussin, doumdoum (1, 2, 5), crincrin (5)
Ahmed Fofana, bass keyboards (1), flute (7), camel n'goni (12)
Tunde Adebimpe, vocals (2)
Kyp Malone, vocals (2)
Yao Dembélé, bass (2-12)
Ahmed Fofana, keyboards (2, 5), camel n'goni (8)
Bassekou Kouyaté, n'goni (2, 3, 9)
Victor Axelrod (Antibalas), keyboards (3, 11), Wurlizer (4)
Yvo Abadi, cymbals (3, 9), drums (4, 6, 7), percussion (11)
Jake Shears, vocals (4)
Laurent Griffon, bass (4)
Sanogo Foussin, doumdoum (4, 7, 9, 10, 12), calbass (12)
Idrissa Soumaro, organ (4), piano (9)
Jordan McLean (Antibalas), trumpet (6)
Nadav Nirenberg (Antibalas), trombone (6)
Stuart Bogie (Antibalas), tenor saxophone (6)
Jared Tankel (Antibalas), baritone saxophone (6)
Amp Fiddler, keyboards (6)
Ebony Bones, vocals (7)
Zoumaina Tereta, sokou (8)
Christophe Millot, bass clarinet (9)
Abdallah Oumbadougou, vocals (10)
Theophilus London, vocals (10)
Tanti Kouyaté & her choir, choir (12)
Toumani Diabate, kora (12)
Sikidi Diabate, kora (12)
Manjul, percussion (12)

Over the course of the last several years, Amadou & Mariam’s music has become increasingly expansive, while remaining anchored by their trademark West African blues-rock. Manu Chao and Gorillaz front man Damon Albarn, in addition to their longtime producer/manager Marc-Antoine Moreau, have produced their recordings. In the same spirit of openness, the self-billed Blind Couple from Mali played a key role in Albarn’s multi-artist Africa Express concerts, and, more recently, performed informal L’Afrik C’est Chic jam sessions with various special guests in London and New York. Folila, their new album, due out April 10, 2012, on Because Music / Nonesuch Records, epitomizes their embrace of collaboration, with contributions by Santigold, TV on the Radio, Nick Zinner, Theophilus London, Bassekou Kouyate, and others.

Folila is produced by Marc-Antoine Moreau, who has worked with the duo for the entirety of their professional career. They recorded the basic tracks in New York and then re-recorded them in Bamako. For the final album, they chose tracks from both sessions. From the first few seconds of the opening track, “Dougou Badia,” the music is instantly recognizable, with Amadou’s signature electric guitar soon joined by Mariam’s distinctive voice. Santigold, who co-wrote the song with Mariam, joins her on vocals. Nick Zinner (Yeah Yeah Yeahs) complements Amadou on guitar on this and other tracks.

Other notable collaborations include “Wily Kataso,” featuring TV on the Radio, and “Nebe Miri,” with the hip-hop artist Theophilus London. Bassekou Kouyate, another Malian artist who has accomplished a remarkable crossover in the US, plays ngoni on several songs.

Folila is the first Amadou & Mariam studio album since Welcome to Mali, one of the most critically acclaimed recordings of 2009. An 8.4 review in Pitchfork said, “Inevitable is a good word for the stardom of Amadou & Mariam. People this amazingly talented and open to new sounds and ideas rarely remain obscure, especially after so many years honing their craft and building their catalog…This album is an affirmation of global connectivity and an emerging global culture that transcends and repurposes tradition as it sees fit—the sound of Mali merging with the world at large.” Indeed, the album won them their second Grammy nomination, a performance on “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon,” opening slots in stadium shows with Coldplay and U2, and plaudits from the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, TIME, SPIN, Rolling Stone, FADER, and many others. --- nonesuch.com

Ósmy album niesamowitego duetu z Mali, który zachwycił również polską publiczność. Płytę nagrano w stolicy Mali, Bamako, a także w Nowym Jorku, z udziałem światowych sław! Niewidomi Amadou Bagayoko i Mariam Doumbia zdobyli światową sławę wykonując etniczną muzykę ze swojej ojczyzny, ale nie stronią od wpływu popu i elektroniki. Muzyka to ich ojczystym języku właśnie "folila". Do zarejestrowania piosenek na swój ósmy krążek Amadou i Mariam zaprosili między innymi Santigold, muzyków TV On The Radio, czy Jake'a Shearsa z grup Scissor Sisters. Album promuje kompozycja "Dougou Badia" z gościnnym udziałem Santigold. Utwór już zdobył duże uznanie, a komplementami duet obsypał wpływowy magazyn "New Musical Express". We Francji na singel promocyjny wybrano numer "Oh Amadou", w którym gościnnie pojawił się Bertrand Cantat, wokalista znany z zespołu Noir Desir. --- warnermusic.pl

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