Amadou and Mariam live in concert.
ON TOUR

Amadou and Mariam

35
critic concert reviews
global

How Good Are They LIVE?

Live Rating  

75
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Based on 
35
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Last 12 Months Rating  
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Critic Consensus

Based on 35 concert reviews, the critic consensus is that Amadou and Mariam is rated as an enjoyable live performer, with some notable strengths. Amadou and Mariam concert reviews describe live shows and performances as joyous, soulful, danceable, lovely, thought-provoking, and empowering.

ON TOUR

Abbaye de Floreffe, Floreffe, Belgium (July 26); Rock the Ruins at Holliday Park, Indianapolis, United States (August 8);

Latest Release

Eclipse (December 9, 2022)

Artist Info

Genre
global
Origin
Bamako, Mali (1980 - present) (1980 – present)
Bio
Amadou and Mariam are a musical duo from Mali, composed of the couple Mariam Doumbia (vocals) (born in Mali's capital Bamako 15 April 1958) and Amadou Bagayoko (guitar and vocals) (born in Bamako 24 October 1954).
Has Performed With

Critic Concert Reviews

Musikknyheter.no (Norway)

November 24, 2023
90
%
Amadou and Mariam Live In Concert In Norway

The Herald (Scotland)

August 8, 2019
60
%
Glasgow, Scotland

Hot Press Magazine (Ireland)

July 16, 2019
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Amadou and Mariam Live In Concert In Ireland

The Guardian (UK)

July 14, 2019
60
%
Amadou and Mariam; the Blind Boys of Alabama review – soulful energy 3 / 5 stars 3 out of 5 stars.

Brighton Source (UK)

August 1, 2018
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One of those lovely crowds that you sometimes get at Concorde 2, where people of all types had gathered out of a sheer love of the music, streamed in to utterly fill the venue, each one beaming and expectant.

Brighton's Finest (UK)

July 24, 2018
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With a back-catalogue of 20 years, they brought an effervescent, empowering and thought-provoking set to Concorde 2, made up of their brilliant fusion of disco, funk and traditional Mali music.

Buzz Bands LA (USA)

June 18, 2018
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A little backstory: Amadou Bagayoko and Mariam Doumbia both met at Mali’s Institute for the Young Blind, performing in the Eclipse Orchestra, married in 1980 and began recording music together in 1983.

Past critic reviews published in

Buzz Bands LA (USA), KEXP (USA), Dagens Nyheter (Sweden), The List (Scotland), Rave Child (Scotland) and more

Image Credit

Bryan Ledgard [CC BY-2.0] via Wikimedia Commons