Together with his wife, Mariam Doumbia, Malian guitarist and composer, Amadou Bagayoko, formed Amadou & Mariam to invent fans of people who did not know about African music by forming Amadou & Mariam. He died in Bamako, the capital of Mali. He was 70 years old.
His death was announced by the Malian government, which did not provide the cause. He and DOUMBIA lived in Bamako.
In the late 2000s and early 2010s, Amadou & Mariam was portrayed as the most successful African music act of the new century on a regular basis.
Growing up after listening to the words of LED Zeppelin and Pink Floyd, Bagayoko called their voices “Afro Rock”, which regularly combined the winding guitar solo of the African DJEMBE drum.
But this group’s music continued to evolve. The 2005 album “Dimanche à Bamako” was changed to their brake out hits, Sirens, Sirens, The Hubbub of Crowds -City Sounds. Their 2008 album “WELCOME To Mali” was held with a song with an electronic punk. “Sabali,” It is characterized by the Damon Albarn of the Arty hip hop group Gorillaz.
Consistent was a sweet and elegant sound with the power to build a cressendo by achieving a clear and pleasant resonance of DOUMBIA’s rich orchestration.
Baga Gaoko also sang. The couple’s lyrics were mainly in French and African Bambara languages. Politics inspired some of the songs, but I often identified local topics that could have more appeals as in the 2004 song. “Senegal fast food.”
Amadou & Mariam is often grouped into groups Many disclosure Genre This term, known as “world music,” may be guilty, but it was time when many young Americans loved African musicians, including Ali Farka Touré and Tu Mani Diabetes, who died last year. At the same time, American stars, such as Bonnie Raitt and Ry Cooder, made a pilgrimage to Bamako and jammed with local artists.
Jake Shears, the lead singer of American Indie Pop Band Scissor Sisters, told The Times, “What is it going back to classical rock and real musicians?
The origin of that training and technology is in the background of the couple. Their lives were mostly dependent on music. Bagayoko and DOUMBIA were born with vision, but they were blinded as children because of poor medical treatment.
Amadou Bagayoko was born in Bamako on October 24, 1954. His father, Ibrahima Bagayogo, was a brick instructor, and his mother, Mariam Diarra, was dedicated to raising 14 children.
Amadou was born with a milky white eye with cataracts, but gradually blinded. One doctor later told his family that the actual problem of the boy was actually too late Trachoma. It was impossible to get corneal transplantation in Mali, which was probably available for two visions.
Prime Minister Gaoko said in the joint memoirs of the couple, “It was the worst thing that could happen to you in the Malian society that moved away from the light of the day.
He actually wrote since his childhood, “I am used to drowning sorrow in music.” He was good enough to allow teachers to ask for the Malian national anthem in flute and harmonica every day.
The idea formed in his young heart. “Music will be the passage of poverty.”
Around 13, the uncle began to teach Amadu. He soon realized that he could distinguish the guitar by manufacturer based on sound.
Shortly after, Amadou played with Les Ambassadus Du Motel, one of Mali’s most famous music group. He also started attending Mali’s first modern school, a young blind research institute. The teenage girl was highly regarded for her song: Mariam DOUMBIA. She was a blind man after the age of 5 in untouched measles.
Mariam showed her Amadou lyrics for the harsh reality with disabilities in Mali. Amadou began to match the song.
They played together for several years, like a friend and collaborator. Prime Minister Gaoko, who danced at the party in 1980, declared that his true feelings for her were romantic. DOUMBIA kissed him. “I felt the paradise door opened,” he wrote in the memoir.
Local news media dealt with the marriage of two respected felony musicians. Concert promoters in nearby African countries have begun to propose. They have expanded the repertoire from other languages such as Tuareg and Senufo in Aboriginal Bambara. The fans called them a blind couple in Mali.
Until 1996, they moved to Paris and recorded the album there to sing in French. That was followed “Je Pense à toi,” First hit other than Africa.
Musical Globe Trotter Manu Chao It helped to produce “Dimanche à Bamako” and write lyrics for some songs. The album sold more than 100,000 copies in France in about a week and gained international popularity.
The couple received a prominent claim with popular bands such as Radiohead, Kings of Leon and Animal Collective in the mid -2000s at American Music Festivals, such as Bonnaroo and All Points West.
In 2009 they opened at several stadium shows for ColdPlay. In the same year, they performed at the concert to honor Barack Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize and met President Obama.
Their production decreased in the 2010s and 2020s, but recently performed together at the Olympic Games in Paris last summer. On Sunday, Their websites are still listed. For European tours in May and June.
Bagayoko and DOUMBIA have three children, including his son Sam and several grandchildren, who are also musicians. Complete information about survivors could not be used immediately.
One of the last international hits of the couple was “Bofou safou,” It was released in 2017. It was a paradox that was suitable for the couple who completely devoted their lives to music. The lyrics recommend that young people focus less on dance and focus more on work. But cheerful and groovies are challenges that do not dance.
