Amadou & Mariam have made their way to NYC after playing a sold-out set at Boston's Paradise Rock Club on Saturday. While in New York to perform at Webster Hall tonight, the Malian couple will stop by the set of NBC's Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, where they'll be joined by members of The Roots in performing a song off Welcome to Mali. The show airs tonight starting at 12:35 AM ET. The tour heads next to Philly, and then outside DC. The Washington Post Express calls the new album "the type of record that is so joyous and positive that it feels like it could bring together warring factions ... but it's really more of a sonic Evite to explore the diverse country in Northwest Africa."
Amadou & Mariam have made their way to New York City after playing a sold-out set at Boston's Paradise Rock Club on Saturday night. While in New York, the Malian couple will stop by the set of Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, where they'll be joined by members of the house band, The Roots, in performing a song off their recent Because/Nonesuch release, Welcome to Mali. The show airs tonight on NBC starting at 12:35 AM ET. For fans in New York City, it's the perfect late-night capper to the couple's headlining live show at Webster Hall earlier in the evening, with Piers Faccini opening.
"Okay, so summer must have officially begun," says Time Out New York's Sophie Harris in a look at tonight's shows. "How else to explain the ridiculous amount of stellar talent playing our fine city on a Monday night? ... Topping our list, it’s Amadou and Mariam." The magazine goes on to say that the worldwide success the couple has found with Welcome to Mali is rightly theirs. And how does that translate to their concert? Says Harris: "As a live proposition, they’re unmissable: Expect sweaty beats, some serious ax shredding from Amadou and truly joyful sing-alongs." Read more at www3.timeoutny.com.
Next on the tour is a stop at World Cafe Live in Philadelphia tomorrow and the Birchmere in Alexandria, Virginia, just outside DC on Wednesday, when they'll be joined by opener Farafina Kan. The Washington Post Express calls Welcome to Mali "the type of record that is so joyous and positive that it feels like it could bring together warring factions—take note, State Department—but it's really more of a sonic Evite to explore the diverse country in Northwest Africa."
The article goes on to describe Amadou and Mariam's many border-crossing collaborations, from Somali-born rapper K'Naan to Brit-pop pioneer Damon Albarn, a producer on the album and the front man for Blur and Gorillaz, as "an outgrowth of their earnest desire to show the commonality among races, culture and music."
Read more, including Amadou's thoughts on the above, at expressnightout.com.
For tour information, visit nonesuch.com/on-tour.
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