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Amadou & Mariam

World music
World music

Amadou & Mariam is a World music act. Their sound grew out of Ibrahim Maalouf, Grace, The Blind Boys of Alabama, Barbara Kanam and Folamour. Those roots explain a lot about how Amadou & Mariam arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Orchestra Baobab, Cheikh Lô, Vieux Farka Touré, Toumani Diabaté and Tiken Jah Fakoly, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into La Radiolina, Tunde Adebimpe and BNXN, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 39 connections around Amadou & Mariam, reaching back through Ibrahim Maalouf and forward to La Radiolina. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
Amadou & MariamIbrahim MaaloufGraceThe Blind Boys of Al…Barbara KanamFolamourDavid GilmourMory KantéManu ChaoLa RadiolinaTunde AdebimpeBNXNOrchestra BaobabCheikh LôVieux Farka TouréToumani DiabatéTiken Jah FakolyManu DibangoBaaba MaalCesária Évora

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Amadou & Mariam connections

Amadou & Mariam grew out of Ibrahim Maalouf, Grace, The Blind Boys of Alabama and Barbara Kanam, shares an orbit with Orchestra Baobab, Cheikh Lô, Vieux Farka Touré and Toumani Diabaté, went on to shape La Radiolina, Tunde Adebimpe and BNXN. 39 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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