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Amadou & Mariam

Presented by World Music/CRASHarts at Paradise Rock Club

June 22, 2013

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From Mali

Thirty-five years after meeting at the Institute for the Young Blind in Bamako, Mali, and eight years after their Manu Chao–produced album Dimanche à Bamako thrust them into the global limelight with its sunny charm and irresistible grooves, Amadou & Mariam remain true to their roots in West African blues-rock. The husband-and-wife duo, along with a full band, deliver their ...More

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