La Confusion
Amadou & Mariam- Bofou Safou
- C´est Chaud
- Filaou Bessame
- Ta Promesse
- La Confusion
- Femmes du Monde
- Fari Mandila
- Diarra
- Mokou Mokou
- Yiki Yassa
- Massa Allah
- Mokou Mokou Blues
La Confusion, the highly anticipated ninth full-length LP from Malian musical duo and Grammy-award nominees Amadou & Mariam, is out today on Because Music.
La Confusion features the hit single “Bofou Safou,” which Stereogum calls “the funk, the whole funk, and nothing but the funk,” while Billboard recently premiered the video for the album’s
title. Amadou & Mariam discussed La Confusion and performed new music on recent stops at KCRW’s “Morning Becomes Eclectic”and PRI’s “Studio 360” during their recent sold out North American seventeen city headline tour. The band played major markets throughout the U.S. this summer, including New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco,
Chicago, Washington D.C., Philadelphia and Montreal.
Hailing from Mali, Amadou Bagayoko and Mariam Doumbia first met as children at Mali’s Institute for the Young Blind—both lost their vision at an early age. It was here that they started performing in the institute’s Eclipse Orchestra, eventually marrying and began recording together in the ‘80s.
Over the span of three decades Amadou (guitar and vocals) and Mariam (vocals) developed an international following having recorded eight full-length albums and toured around the world. Their album Welcome To Mali (2008) was nominated for the “Best Contemporary World Music Album” at the 52nd Grammy Awards. Tour highlights for the duo include supporting U2 on their U2 360 Tour, performing at the 2010 World Cup for FIFA’s Kick-Off Celebration and performing alongside major acts across multiple genres such including Blur, Coldplay and Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour.