No need to book your travels for the summer, let them come to you! WOMAD music festival is one of the most exciting parties this year. Travelling the world through live music in four days, it is a unique chance to discover an eclectic range of the most talented acts...
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Only one more week until one of our favourite festivals hits the West Country. We have relished checking out the acts for WOMAD Festival 2018 and have gleefully picked our favourites to get you in the mood. In one playlist, you’ll travel through the best sounds of West Africa, Wales...
By now, most of the world is familiar with the inspiring story of Amadou & Mariam. The musical duo met at Mali’s Institute for Blind Youngsters and found they shared a love of music. This lead to them performing with the Institute’s Eclipse Orchestra, falling in love with each other,...
Chaos and confusion seem to dominate our lives at the moment, but one thing you can depend on is a steady stream of new music from one of Mali’s most famous couples, Amadou & Mariam. On the eve of the UK leg (on the 4th of November at Troxy) of their...
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A few weeks ago, we had the opportunity to attend one of the highlights of the London’s music calendar: Amadou & Mariam. The Malian couple delighted the Koko audience presenting their brand new work Bofou Safou and performing an exciting sold-out gig supported by London born-and-bred hip-hop narrator Afrikan Boy. Here’s what we saw and...
It will be on a Wednesday instead of dimanche (Sunday) and will happen in London (at Koko) instead of Bamako, but you can be safe and sound that djembes, n’doulous, baras and n’tamas will resonate all around Koko regardless. Amadou & Mariam are well and truly back, and ready to perform...
The stage was set at London’s Royal Festival Hall for Atomic Bomb! ‘David Byrne’s Meltdown’ was projected in large letters over the stage and there was no denying a buzz of anticipation in the air that mounted to cheering and whistling as the lights went down and the welcoming words...