The music world is often harsh and unjust. Talented rockers sometimes become world famous, while excellent musicians remain unheard of. Amadou Bagayako and Mariam Doumbia were also not always lucky in their lives. They met in the institute for the blind in the Malian capital Bamako. The couple mainly sang at weddings, but a popular breakthrough failed to materialize. Together they moved to the Ivory
… Coast and for years their music was also picked up outside the Ivory Coast. Dimanche á Bamako became their absolute breakthrough album. With as producer the duo recorded fifteen sunny bluesy songs. Their beautiful voices and instantly recognizable group sound brought them to the main stages of various European summer festivals. Dimanche á Bamako was the best-selling African album of 2004. A surprise, not least for Amadou & Mariam themselves. (PdK)more