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Amadou & Mariam — M'Bifé Balafon
Album: Dimanche à Bamako
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Released: 2004
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Les dimanché Bamako c'est le jour de mariage
Les dimanché Bamako c'est le jour de mariage
C'est le jour de mariage
La kora et le n'goni sont aussi au rendez-vous
Les dimanché Bamako c'est le jour de mariage
Les dimanché Bamako c'est le jour de mariage
Les parents et les sympathisants sont au rendez-vous
Les copains et les voisins sont au rendez-vous
Les dimanché Bamako c'est le jour de mariage
Les dimanché Bamako c'est le jour de mariage
Les hommes et les femmes ont mis leurss beaux boubous
Les bijoux et les chaussures sont au rendez-vous
Les bazins et les bogolans sont au rendez-vous
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Saw them open for Andrew Bird in Indianapolis last week. They were very lively and the crowd didn't want them to leave the stage after their opening set. Andrew was watching from offstage. What a great show all around.
 
Thank you Bill, again, for introducing me to so many great artists.
 
Amadou and Mariam, Indianapolis Aug 2024
Posted 2 months ago by bseib    [ Reply ]
 4merdj wrote:
Groovy little tune! 
Is this the one they are playing?
Thumb Piano 


Hey - only 11 years late to the party - that's an Mbira in my book, without the resonator gourd it usually sits in... Played with the thumbs.

A balafon is kinda like a xylophone - and I don't know the differences. 
Posted 3 months ago by meanderer    [ Reply ]
A seasoned, cynical, veteran roadie friend of mine says WOMAD stands for "waste of money and drugs" 
Posted 6 months ago by EffjayUK    [ Reply ]
Got me jumping around!
Posted 10 months ago by johnfiva    [ Reply ]
 DrLex wrote:

Technically, they're balafons.
 

And technically, balafons are awesome.
Posted 3 years ago by xkolibuul    [ Reply ]
Very smooth segue from Billy Idol Flesh for Fantasy to this.
Posted 4 years ago by sajitjacob    [ Reply ]
this couple are AWESOME...saw them at WOMAD a couple of years ago, if you haven't heard of this it is a World Of Music and Dance festival. 
Posted 4 years ago by cdavies442    [ Reply ]
 DrLex wrote:

Technically, they're balafons.
 
or barfalongs for Throttle13
Posted 5 years ago by kbs    [ Reply ]
Posted 5 years ago by sunflowerbee    [ Reply ]
A perfect little song.
Posted 5 years ago by victory806    [ Reply ]
I frequently run into this problem here- the music is so consistently wonderful that I don't want to go and run my errands.                  (Because, obviously, dancing >errands.)
Posted 6 years ago by jmkate    [ Reply ]
Slo Mo Dancing Banana . 

{#Bananasplit}
Posted 7 years ago by daaave    [ Reply ]
 Throttle13 wrote:
I just can't get behind the xylophones. {#Stop}

 
Technically, they're balafons.
Posted 7 years ago by DrLex    [ Reply ]
I think there may be a good reason why there aren't more xylophones in popular music
Posted 7 years ago by MrsTom    [ Reply ]
I just can't get behind the xylophones. {#Stop}
Posted 8 years ago by Throttle13    [ Reply ]
It's the opening theme for one of my fevorite radio shows. Nice to descover the artist
 
Posted 8 years ago by DJ_Wahaba    [ Reply ]
I like these folks.  Very sweet.
Posted 8 years ago by joetekubi    [ Reply ]
the poetry and verve at the song's opening get me in a slippery-bop dance-mood  : )
Posted 8 years ago by hayduke2    [ Reply ]
Trop grave mignon.
Posted 9 years ago by eveliko    [ Reply ]
This is just a FUN tune
Posted 9 years ago by BBoyes    [ Reply ]
This song is too short.
Posted 9 years ago by jmkate    [ Reply ]
 oldfart48 wrote:
Osama & AL- QAEDA  are C.I.A. trained, supplied and encouraged G.H.W.Bush ex head of cia , ex thief of the oval office, father of that idiot W., son of a Nazi,  planner of 9/11 and killer of the Kennadys, M.L. King  AND MANY MORE is directly responcable for most terriost acts on this planet. All to get and keep the " Patriot Act  " in place. Whitch has destroyed  our rights as a free people.

 


Posted 9 years ago by atomicsitup    [ Reply ]
 oldfart48 wrote:
Osama & AL- QAEDA  are C.I.A. trained, supplied and encouraged G.H.W.Bush ex head of cia , ex thief of the oval office, father of that idiot W., son of a Nazi,  planner of 9/11 and killer of the Kennadys, M.L. King  AND MANY MORE is directly responcable for most terriost acts on this planet. All to get and keep the " Patriot Act  " in place. Whitch has destroyed  our rights as a free people.

 
You sound like an old fart from Colorado.
Posted 9 years ago by boober    [ Reply ]
I love it when you expose me to some new awesome world music.  Thanks RP!
Posted 10 years ago by Zachsdad    [ Reply ]
this entire CD is hopelessly addictive
Posted 10 years ago by fatcatjb    [ Reply ]
{#Eek}      

     

Osama & AL- QAEDA  are C.I.A. trained, supplied and encouraged G.H.W.Bush ex head of cia , ex thief of the oval office, father of that idiot W., son of a Nazi,  planner of 9/11 and killer of the Kennadys, M.L. King  AND MANY MORE is directly responcable for most terriost acts on this planet. All to get and keep the " Patriot Act  " in place. Whitch has destroyed  our rights as a free people.  {#Drunk} 


 



Posted 11 years ago by kilroyjoe3    [ Reply ]
 mojoman wrote:
The tragedy is that they would not be safe in their own homeland now, thanks to al-Qaeda nutjobs.

  Osama & AL- QAEDA  are C.I.A. trained, supplied and encouraged G.H.W.Bush ex head of cia , ex thief of the oval office, father of that idiot W., son of a Nazi,  planner of 9/11 and killer of the Kennadys, M.L. King  AND MANY MORE is directly responcable for most terriost acts on this planet. All to get and keep the " Patriot Act  " in place. Whitch has destroyed  our rights as a free people.
Posted 11 years ago by oldfart48    [ Reply ]
The tragedy is that they would not be safe in their own homeland now, thanks to al-Qaeda nutjobs.
Posted 11 years ago by mojoman    [ Reply ]
I purchased massive digital buckets of their music after seeing them live at Lollapalooza.

Talk about a massive non-stop, air-tight Malinese groove fest.

The piece you really get to appreciate when you see them live is Amadou's MASTERY COMMAND & CONTROL of his golden guitar - he can play that thing like ringing a bell. 
Posted 11 years ago by grant    [ Reply ]
I started buying this group's music on vinyl because of Radio Paradise. Thank you for sharing so many of their great songs. It's really hard to get through bands with large discographies and I really wan to own "the good stuff" first :)
Posted 11 years ago by jonno_norton    [ Reply ]
 victoryluna wrote:
A perfect little song.
Wish it would go on weaving its spell a bit longer...

 
+1
Posted 11 years ago by Abraxas336    [ Reply ]
Foot. Will. Not. Keep. Still.
Posted 11 years ago by tg3    [ Reply ]
My 2 year old son danced his booty off to this tune.  Thanks!
Posted 12 years ago by reindeer    [ Reply ]
 4merdj wrote:
Groovy little tune! 
Is this the one they are playing?
Thumb Piano 
 
M'Bife balafon!! (Amadou plays the guitar, and someone is playing the balafon. Those are the lead instruments, anyway :)
Posted 12 years ago by TeggieVee    [ Reply ]
Groovy little tune! 
Is this the one they are playing?
Thumb Piano 
Posted 12 years ago by 4merdj    [ Reply ]
Marvelous!  Love that Kalimba and the Tout l'frou-frou beat!!
Posted 12 years ago by Misterfixit    [ Reply ]
A perfect little song.
Wish it would go on weaving its spell a bit longer...
Posted 12 years ago by victoryluna    [ Reply ]
Yes, tres plez for me , too.
Posted 12 years ago by TerryS    [ Reply ]
Amadou et Mariam me plaisent beaucoup {#Sunny}
Posted 12 years ago by fredriley    [ Reply ]
Intriguing
Posted 12 years ago by ckcotton    [ Reply ]
This song seems to come in handy!  6 or 7?.......I like it regardless.  {#Whistle}
Posted 13 years ago by cohifi    [ Reply ]
Nice!
Posted 13 years ago by helgigermany    [ Reply ]
 apd wrote:
Fantastic cover art - full-on bright and shiny, with no irony. I even love the starburst, in the corner, and I hate those things.

 
i ditto.

Posted 13 years ago by Giselle62    [ Reply ]
Great for dancing.

Posted 13 years ago by Giselle62    [ Reply ]
Love them.
Posted 13 years ago by valeriogonzalez    [ Reply ]
 huebdoo wrote:
Ok - I laughed when I read this ... I get it ... people this is funny right here
 
{#Naughty}
Posted 13 years ago by peter_james_bond    [ Reply ]
 drife wrote:
The Ewoks are back!
 

Ok - I laughed when I read this ... I get it ... people this is funny right here
Posted 13 years ago by huebdoo    [ Reply ]
They make wonderful music!  I love this song - it takes my imagination to faraway, exotic places and puts a grin on my face. {#Sunny}
Posted 14 years ago by Cynaera    [ Reply ]
Listening on earbuds - it tickles my inner ears!!!  I love this!!!
Posted 14 years ago by sailorgirl    [ Reply ]

Amadou and Mariam - WOMAD 2009 by =imacker

Amadou & Mariam - WOMAD 2009


Posted 14 years ago by calypsus_1    [ Reply ]
 The_Enemy wrote:

Blind people don't buy Tide?

Or if blind people go out in public dressed in ridiculous ways (say, wearing a duck costume), is it politically incorrect to mention it to them?

Not sure what your point is other than smack down Papernapkin.

 

If you remarked to them that they were wearing a duck costume, IMHO that is cool - to tell them that they are wearing something ridiculous would not be politically incorrect but boorish and arrogant - capice? 
btw - having seen quite a few of PaperNapkins comments, he is a walking request for smackdowns.

Posted 14 years ago by k_trout    [ Reply ]
 k_trout wrote:
They probably did not catch that since they are both blind

 Papernapkin wrote:
The cover looks like a box of Tide detergent.
 
 
Blind people don't buy Tide?

Or if blind people go out in public dressed in ridiculous ways (say, wearing a duck costume), is it politically incorrect to mention it to them?

Not sure what your point is other than smack down Papernapkin.

Posted 14 years ago by The_Enemy    [ Reply ]
Fantastic cover art - full-on bright and shiny, with no irony. I even love the starburst, in the corner, and I hate those things.

Posted 14 years ago by apd    [ Reply ]
Misterfixit wrote:
Now there is a Balafon you don't hear every day — 27 gourd version ....
Your knowledge of Eastern/African/South American instruments is impressive. Did you play in a Gamelan between military gigs?

Posted 14 years ago by Businessgypsy    [ Reply ]
 Papernapkin wrote:
The cover looks like a box of Tide detergent.
 
I was thinking Crest toothpaste.


Posted 14 years ago by handyrae    [ Reply ]
That does it...gotta make a purchase! {#Sunny}
Posted 14 years ago by fingerpin    [ Reply ]
They probably did not catch that since they are both blind

 Papernapkin wrote:
The cover looks like a box of Tide detergent.
 


Posted 14 years ago by k_trout    [ Reply ]
Saturday morning - it works fine... 6->7 - that's all folks

Posted 14 years ago by ambrebalte    [ Reply ]
This upbeat music is keeping me in the work groove this morning!
Posted 14 years ago by ortallcowgirl    [ Reply ]
 Papernapkin wrote:
The cover looks like a box of Tide detergent.
 

Looney tunes came to my mind ..
and if Amadou & Mariam are looney
then i don't want to be sane

more !
Posted 14 years ago by pope183    [ Reply ]
Me likey!
Posted 15 years ago by ARTICULA    [ Reply ]
on the stair master, this always kicks me in
{#Cowboy}
Posted 15 years ago by k_trout    [ Reply ]
Now there is a Balafon you don't hear every day — 27 gourd version ....
Posted 15 years ago by Misterfixit    [ Reply ]
Last album (produced by Damon Albarn is great too!)
Posted 15 years ago by lunar1963    [ Reply ]
My GF spent time in Senegal, Ethiopia, Mauritania and Tanzania, she brought back tons of African music including Amadou & Mariam. I love this album and the cover never fails to make me smile.

More African music on RP, please!

For those interested, check out the show "Bonjour Africa" on WNCU.org at 4 pm Eastern, US.
Posted 15 years ago by nagsheadlocal    [ Reply ]
 rtrudeau wrote:
Recent coverage in Time Magazine of this wonderful duo.
 
Thank you so much for the link!  Every time I hear one of their songs on RP, I'm curious about them, but never followed through to research their story.  Outstanding music from an out of the ordinary couple!

Posted 15 years ago by Shaken_Bake    [ Reply ]
Recent coverage in Time Magazine of this wonderful duo.
Posted 15 years ago by rtrudeau    [ Reply ]
Way too short.  More m'bife s'il vous plait!
Posted 15 years ago by alux    [ Reply ]
 bobcat1963 wrote:
lovely endless tune!
please, more african on RP! 
 
Yes, please!!!

Posted 15 years ago by philbertr    [ Reply ]
The Ewoks are back!
Posted 15 years ago by drife    [ Reply ]
That reminds me, I must get some new wind chimes this year!
Posted 15 years ago by mgkiwi    [ Reply ]
lovely endless tune!
please, more african on RP! 
Posted 15 years ago by bobcat1963    [ Reply ]
 Papernapkin wrote:
The cover looks like a box of Tide detergent.
 

{#Clap} - very funny - where the coloured are really coloured and the whites are really white

a tune that would be easy to dislike
Posted 16 years ago by philinnz    [ Reply ]
this combination working fine -   7.

Posted 16 years ago by calypsus_1    [ Reply ]
 Papernapkin wrote:
The cover looks like a box of Tide detergent.
 
What have they done to your mind?

OK, we're all victims. In spite of having migrated to the mountains of central Mexico decades ago, I still have commercial jingles from the sixties stuck in my neurons ("Soaky soaks you clean, in oceans full of fun, scrubblety bubblety, flippity flubbity, clean before you're done...").
Posted 16 years ago by Otomi    [ Reply ]
really nice thanks bill
Posted 16 years ago by pope183    [ Reply ]
Posted 16 years ago by Excelsior    [ Reply ]
The cover looks like a box of Tide detergent.
Posted 16 years ago by Papernapkin    [ Reply ]
Baseline RadioParadise score: 3 original + 2 involving manu chao + 1 great cover + 1 random + 1 kinda loses steam after the first part -2 Score: 6
Posted 16 years ago by pherthyl    [ Reply ]
CamLwalk wrote:
This is what Radio Paradise is all about for me. Finding something wonderful like this.
Second that, I love freeform radio
Posted 16 years ago by Slider1968    [ Reply ]
This is what Radio Paradise is all about for me. Finding something wonderful like this.
Posted 16 years ago by CamLwalk    [ Reply ]
That's one kick ass album cover......yeah!
Posted 16 years ago by crowhog2000    [ Reply ]
Apropos of nothing in particular, or maybe the general mood of this piece, RP needs some Cesarea Evora. Got any, Bill?
Posted 16 years ago by philbertr    [ Reply ]
Idiotic comment. ekeyte wrote:
Noise.
Posted 16 years ago by xkolibuul    [ Reply ]
Noise.
Posted 16 years ago by ekeyte    [ Reply ]
Very original!
Posted 16 years ago by coolpeople_rule    [ Reply ]
OK Everyone! Double check to be sure that your sunglasses are polarized (catchy tune but man that album cover has some "rays" on it).
Posted 16 years ago by lwilkinson    [ Reply ]
I can't decide if the album cover is supposed to be kitchy or not... looks like a laundry soap box... but it makes me smile.
Posted 16 years ago by Hinkamp    [ Reply ]
prickelpit96 wrote:
Each time I see this cover arts I have to smile as wide as possible. (Without ears I think I'd grin round my head....)
How do you get that happy? I want some.
Posted 16 years ago by rtrudeau    [ Reply ]
kalkin84 wrote:
boo this too
Posted 16 years ago by lwilkinson    [ Reply ]
boo this too
Posted 16 years ago by kalkin84    [ Reply ]
prickelpit96 wrote:
Each time I see this cover arts I have to smile as wide as possible.
That's great. I tried it myself. Everybody should do it.
Posted 16 years ago by omniphiliac    [ Reply ]
Each time I see this cover arts I have to smile as wide as possible. (Without ears I think I'd grin round my head....)
Posted 17 years ago by prickelpit96    [ Reply ]
It's pretty good, it must be the extra Manu Chao
Posted 17 years ago by petercroob    [ Reply ]
Posted 17 years ago by dharmanavy    [ Reply ]
I mean, really, how can anyone not like this little song? Short, jazzy, full of life, Mali in a bottle perhaps. Eclectic radio at its best.
Posted 17 years ago by xkolibuul    [ Reply ]
Beautiful
Posted 17 years ago by skybreakers    [ Reply ]
crowhog2000 wrote:
Was the song too long for you?
No, heard it way too often in the past weeks, and I sisn't like it too much in the first place.
Posted 17 years ago by ocsike    [ Reply ]
Sounds like Mali had a relatively successful democratic election, although the final results are not tallied. Not bad for a large nation with over 15 significant languages and a major nomadic subpopulation that is one of the poorest in the world.
Posted 17 years ago by UltraNurd    [ Reply ]
ocsike wrote:
Had enough of this! 1.
Was the song too long for you?
Posted 17 years ago by crowhog2000    [ Reply ]
andrewmi wrote:
that is an awesome album cover.
more than awesome
Posted 17 years ago by cosinus    [ Reply ]
This one's just a short interlude, but this whole album is great. Would recommend to anyone whose interest might be piqued by this song.
Posted 17 years ago by harpdog    [ Reply ]
absolutely not...
Posted 17 years ago by timrd    [ Reply ]
TexasAggies wrote:
Thought I was getting a crapload of IM's all of the sudden!
That's hilarious!
Posted 17 years ago by Happygirl    [ Reply ]
nice
Posted 17 years ago by Restless    [ Reply ]
RP makes me very happy. Great stuff.
Posted 17 years ago by popularmechanics    [ Reply ]
Thought I was getting a crapload of IM's all of the sudden!
Posted 17 years ago by TexasAggies    [ Reply ]
... or the summers in Elk Lake? NorthernLad wrote:
too short, like the winters in bamako...
Posted 17 years ago by fretman    [ Reply ]
too short, like the winters in bamako...
Posted 17 years ago by NorthernLad    [ Reply ]
Fun little groove.
Posted 18 years ago by 2Hawks    [ Reply ]
I tried to get it ... and ... nope.
Posted 18 years ago by timc    [ Reply ]
Cool little groove...me and my 2 1/2 year old bop around the kitchen to this regularly. Sweet.
Posted 18 years ago by stabby    [ Reply ]
An RP comment on one of their other songs said that the cover looked like they were selling orange juice! How hilarious!
Posted 18 years ago by Gregorama    [ Reply ]
Had enough of this! 1.
Posted 18 years ago by ocsike    [ Reply ]
I love how short this song is; they must REALLY wind it up live.
Posted 18 years ago by NorthernLad    [ Reply ]
Happy little song; keep 'em coming!
Posted 18 years ago by Krispian    [ Reply ]
Can' find a -10!
Posted 18 years ago by iMacomania    [ Reply ]
fatcatjb wrote:
this entire CD is amazing
Totally agree. I've played it so many times it is as thin as a sheet of paper. Too bad they perform so far from home. Thanks RP for having tunes from all over the world.
Posted 18 years ago by dvalfre    [ Reply ]
Yamson wrote:
I still contend that the album cover looks like a box of Tide.
Is that how they get their whites so shiny? Hey, too short!
Posted 18 years ago by queenjill    [ Reply ]
I still contend that the album cover looks like a box of Tide.
Posted 18 years ago by Yamson    [ Reply ]