Malian guitarist, singer and composer of the famed duo Amadou & Mariam - known as "the blind couple of Mali" - passed away on 4 April in Bamako. He was 70.The married singers, who met when she was 18 ...

The blind musician combined traditional African music with rock, pop, and blues in the husband-and-wife project ...

Guitarist and singer Amadou Bagayoko of the Malian duo Amadou & Mariam has died at 70. Known as the Blind Couple from Mali, ...

Half of the enormously successful duo Amadou & Mariam, Bagayoko developed a powerful guitar style that blended classic rock ...

The famous blind couple, Amadou & Mariam, helped take Mali’s rich musical traditions to a new global audience.

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He is currently a professor of Music at the California Institute of the Arts, and is the director of the MFA program in African American Improvisation. He is a member of ASCAP Association for the ...