Bernard Bendand
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- Monday, August 4, 2008
Wilco, The Black Keys Rock Chicago at Lollapalooza; Prepare to Play Popular Brooklyn Venue's Last Season
The Black Keys played the opening day of Lollapalooza in Chicago on Friday in a set that Time Out Chicago reports featured the band's signature "folky-blues, [which] breaks into blown-out acid riffage." Metromix Chicago says that hometown band Wilco's Saturday set showed that the city "has a lot to thank Wilco for." Over the next two weeks, each band will make its way to Brooklyn's popular McCarren Park Pool, which, as the New York Times reports, will transition back to its original use after this summer's shows.
About Amadou & Mariam
Amadou Bagayoko and Mariam Doumbia have been making music together since they first met and fell in love at the Institute for Young Blind People in Bamako, Mali’s capital, in the mid-1970s. They have been married and performing as a duo since 1980. While their music is based in a Malian-style blues, it has evolved to include a diversity of styles: French folk, Cuban son, reggae, and hip-hop, among others. Their success has recently grown beyond Mali’s borders to other African countries and Europe. In 2003, renowned musician Manu Chao invited Amadou & Mariam to record with him, and the result is Dimanche à Bamako (Sunday in Bamako). The album has been a major breakthrough for the duo, reaching the top of the French album chart, earning a Gold certification, and winning a Les Victoires de la Musique award, the French equivalent of a Grammy.
Latest Release
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Dimanche à Bamako
August 2, 2005This blind, married pair of musicians became an international sensation by combining their funky Malian sound with the playfully subversive grooves of French-Basque star Manu Chao. London’s Evening Standard calls this "a CD with a warm heart and a wide appeal."
