Welcome to Mali (2LP w/ Bonus CD) sfccBundleProduct

Welcome to Mali (2LP w/ Bonus CD) sfccBundleProductSinger Mariam Doumbia and guitarist vocalist Amadou Bagayoko met more than 30 years ago at the Institute for Young Blind People in Bamako, the capital of Mali, and they've been performing as a duo for almost as long. For years, they've been stars in West Africa and in France, where they now have a home. But that turned out to be just the start for them. Following the release of their 2005 Nonesuch debut, Dimanche Bamako, the middle aged, married pair

and familiar song lyrics—to create the libretto

with libretto and direction by Greenaway and a score by the leading Dutch composer Louis Andriessen

including the original album remastered

the Mass in B Minor was not completed until just before the composer’s death

adding more instrumentation and effects to the band's sound but preserving their inherent soulfulness

" says NPR's Fresh Air

Electric Counterpoint (1987)

and The Bad Seed

wistful folk

It’s a voice that invites you in

Big Science

performed with violinist Stefan Jackiw