Santigold and Yeah Yeah Yeahs to Feature on New Amadou & Mariam Album
Monday, 30 January 2012
Written by Rob Sleigh
Yeah Yeah Yeahs, TV On The Radio and rapper Theophilus London are among a number of artists set to feature on the new album from Malian couple Amadou and Mariam. ‘Folila’, the duo’s sixth album to date, is due for release on 2nd April and will be preceded on 19th March by the single ‘Dougou Badia’ featuring Santigold – listen below.
Amadou and Mariam have also announced a date at London’s O2 Empire Shepherds Bush on Friday 13th April 2012.
‘Folila’ is the follow-up to Amadou and Mariam’s 2008 album ‘Welcome to Mali’, which was co-produced by Damon Albarn. Its predecessor 2005’s ‘Dimanche à Bamako’ - produced by French solo artist Manu Chao – is one of the best-selling African albums of all time, winning a prestigious Les Victoires de la Musique award (the French equivalent of the Grammys) and two BBC Radio 3 Awards for World Music. In recent years, Amadou and Mariam have toured with the likes of Coldplay and U2.
Speaking about their new album ‘Folila’, Amadou and Mariam’s long-time manager and producer Marc-Antoine Moreau said: “The original idea was to make two albums - a crossover record in New York City, where Amadou and Mariam have many musical friends and relationships, and the other a more rootsy album recorded in Bamako with mostly African guests and African percussion instead of a drum kit.”
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