Amadou and Mariam to tour in February

Amadou & Mariam, having recently appeared at Africa Express and Africa Now, as well as ‘BBC Later.. with Jools Holland’ and ‘The Culture Show’, have announced a headline tour commencing in Brighton on the 24th February 2009.

The African superstars new album, ‘Welcome to Mali’, was voted at number 2 in the Observer Music Monthlies “Albums of the Year.” ‘Welcome To Mali’ features Damon Albarn as guest producer on the opening track and first single ‘Sabali’, plus special guest appearances by Keziah Jones, ‘M’, Tiken Jah Fakoli, Toumani Diabate and Juan Rozoff. The album was recorded over twelve months in Bamako, Dakar, Paris and London and was produced by their long-time manager and artistic director Marc-Antoine Moreau and Lauren Jais who, together with Manu Chao, were co-producers of 2005’s ‘Dimanche à Bamako’ (‘Sunday in Bamako’), one of the best selling albums ever to come out of Africa.

The full dates are:-
Tue 24th Feb: Brighton Concorde £15
Wed 25th Feb: London Koko £17.50
Thu 26th Feb: Bristol Academy £15
Sat 28th Feb: Edinburgh Picturehouse £14

FUTURE GIGS

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