Amadou & Mariam, who recently released their second Nonesuch album, Welcome to Mali, are scheduled to appear on today's episode of NPR's World Café, with host David Dye. Listen today on your local NPR station or tune in live online starting at 2 PM ET at xpn.org. The show will be streaming in NPR's archives later in the evening.

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The couple was featured on PRI's The World last Friday, when their new album was featured as the show's "Global Hit." The segment's creator, Marco Werman, says, "The last time Amadou and Mariam put out a CD," 2005's Manu Chao–produced Dimanche à Bamako, "it propelled them from novelty to international sensation ... That was their break-out moment. The album threw Malian music into the pop charts in Europe, and Amadou and Mariam found themselves playing to crowds in the tens of thousands."

On Welcome to Mali, says Werman, it was Blur and Gorillaz front man Damon Albarn, the producer of the album's opening track, "Sabali," who "brought a fresh sensibility to Amadou and Mariam's music" through that song. You can listen to that track and the complete "Global Hit" segment at theworld.org.

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Planet magazine echoes the above sentiment. "Since we first wrote about Amadou and Miriam in 2005, we've remained enchanted by both their music and their affecting story," says Planet's Valentin Santos Miller, who cites the Albarn-produced track, "Sabali," as "a mesmerizing blend of Gorillaz-style electronica and traditional Malian music." Read more at planet-mag.com.