Author’s note: Some quotes are paraphrased or lightly edited from the original recorded interview. The recorded interview will be provided with a voice over and transcript when it becomes available.

It seemed that even as Amadou & Mariam were being led up to the stage, people were already dancing. That wouldn’t stop for two hours, as the couple and their band threw song after song of ridiculously ...

Amadou Bagayoko, the award-winning Malian singer and guitarist in the husband-and-wife duo Amadou & Mariam, has died, according to The Associated Press. In a local televised broadcast, Mali’s Minister ...