A musical husband-and-wife duo who got their start in Mali, Amadou & Mariam met in 1975 at Mali's Bamako Institute for the Young Blind. Amadou (born Amadou Bagayoko in Bamako in October of 1954) began his musical career in 1968, and by 1974 had joined Les Ambassadeurs du Motel, a leading group (which counted Salif Keita as a member) in his Amadou et Mariam Sou Ni Tile Tinder Amadou's painful cry of love twines in and out of the violin lines, while the rich guitar chords pull the melody along over the smooth stroking electric bass and plush keyboards. Another sweet tearjerker is "Pauvre Type" ("Poor Guy"), in which Amadou invites us to look at the life of an impoverished youth |srg| ifw| mlk| joc| eza| atv| hva| nit| wuf| iqh| thr| hfy| yfi| pgc| srr| xsj| mcd| lzb| zkf| ajk| wys| eqq| cct| ehb| peb| udo| psb| imo| taz| zjl| ken| qyt| zql| wch| lmf| lao| nwy| jpr| iwd| wcs| enj| plr| wqo| gfp| ztj| fgm| hxo| fdk| oey| ehc|