Posts Tagged ‘Amadou & Mariam’

Check them out in HD and the rest of my pictures are below. More Coldplay Pictures (Dallas 7/21) [Continue]

Finally!  We managed to upload videos in full quality.  They’re amazing, so take a look!  Make sure you click on HD to watch them. There are more to come, and some of Kitty, Daisy and Lewis and Amadou & Mariam, plus our edited highlight video. [Continue]

Amadou and Mariam are a blind couple from Mali who have been recording music together since the 1980s. Coldplay’s second opening act was Amadou & Mariam, a band that I have referenced on my blog many times before.  Since I had already listened to Welcome to Mali and liked it, I was really looking forward [Continue]

Putumayo Presents: World Reggae – 2004 I referenced this album when I wrote my review of Amadou & Mariam and I thought that it was time to give it its own proper review this week.  World Reggae is a compilation album, but it’s not your average compilation of sub-par songs that weren’t really good enough [Continue]

Vampire Weekend – 2008 I always have mixed feelings when I listen to Vampire Weekend, and listening to it this week was no exception.  The album is a very intentional blend of indie and Afro pop music which the band refers to as “Upper West Side Soweto”, a way of describing yourself that borders on [Continue]

Alright, so, as no one may have noticed, I haven’t written in a while.  Last week was tough…we got news that my husband was laid off.  As you can imagine, things were iffy for a while and blogging about music was the last thing on my mind. Now, things are brighter and I’m ready to [Continue]

Welcome to Mali – 2008 This album was a very good recommendation from a friend with great taste in music.  You know how you have those friends who you love, but when they recommend something – a restaurant, a band, whatever – it never turns out good?  Well, knowing that this friend is always on [Continue]