The blind, married Malian duo Amadou & Mariam make a joyous, tightly constructed form of Afro-pop that crosses musical borders just as fluidly as it interweaves guitar lines. The duo have admirers ...

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I may have mentioned Busy Signal is on a rampage. Since I commented on his non-stop production and mad eclecticism two weeks ago he has dropped about ten new 45s, including a version of the Bmore club ...

Originally a dream collaboration mixtape track, Theophilus London's charmed life willed his participation on Amadou and Mariam's Damon Albarn-produced African pop single, "Sabali," into real life. In ...

Amadou & Mariam are a blind husband and wife duo from Mali. Today's Top Tune is a rare treat that is not available on CD. It's the Paul Epworth remix of "Sabali." ...

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 ...

Here's one for the Six Degrees of Damon Albarn game. A new track from Nas and Damian Marley called "Patience" heavily samples Malian duo Amadou & Mariam's song "Sabali"... which was produced and ...

You can now listen to the compelling renditions of “Sabali” by French producer Vitalic and Swedish indie pop trio Miike Snow below and make sure to check out the impressive tracklist of the project.