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Everyone loved their music. It was very simple, very strong, very good lyrics. Lyrics of advice about being good neighbors, about not lying, about not betraying and about love. Love, that was such an important topic.
Global News Podcast
Anti-Trump protests in all 50 US states
You know, it's a huge loss. And I've been speaking to several friends who live in Mali, are Malian and are Malian musicians. And they are very sad. It was totally unexpected. He hadn't been well for a few days and then he suddenly left the world.
Global News Podcast
Anti-Trump protests in all 50 US states
And they said that of all the people that they can think of, the great musicians of Mali, which has had so many famous musicians, he and his wife Mariam are the only ones who no one ever criticised. They were impeccable in their behavior. They were delightful. They were charming. They set a great example. They were very loving with each other. And it's a great loss, because they were so iconic.
Global News Podcast
Anti-Trump protests in all 50 US states
Wenn man blind ist in Mali, besonders in der Zeit, in der sie aufgewachsen waren, war es sehr, sehr schwierig. Es war sehr schwer für sie, eigentlich zu verheiratet zu werden. Es gab viel Opposition zu ihrem Verheirat, weil sie beide blind waren. Und das sind Dinge, die beide mir in vielen langen Interviews, die ich mit ihnen gemacht habe, gesagt haben.
Global News Podcast
Anti-Trump protests in all 50 US states
Und ich habe sie erst in 1992 in Mali kennengelernt, als sie anstrengend waren, um irgendwelche Rekordings zu bekommen. Ihr erstes Rekordings waren Kassetten.
Global News Podcast
Anti-Trump protests in all 50 US states
They had a very hard time in the beginning and it was really with the singer and composer and activist and music producer Manu Chao, who is Spanish but lives in France, that they recorded this album Dimanche à Bamako, Sundays in Bamako, which are the great days of wedding celebrations on the street.
Global News Podcast
Anti-Trump protests in all 50 US states
You can just walk down the streets of Bamako on a Sunday and there are canopies everywhere with giant loudspeakers and this wonderful music blaring out. So they celebrated that in their song Dimash Abba Makal, which I think was recorded in 2004. And then after that they became the iconic couple from Mali at a time when Malian music was really like the main kind of so-called world music.
The Planet Reigate Podcast
51: Redhill’s classic car cruise, the local artist who became world-famous… and more
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The Planet Reigate Podcast
39: The Reigate Summer Festival, Wrayfest, and remembering a well-known Redhill and Reigate shopkeeper... and more
I hear this and I think, is this Genesis and turn it on again? Sounds like it, doesn't it? It's not, though.
The Planet Reigate Podcast
39: The Reigate Summer Festival, Wrayfest, and remembering a well-known Redhill and Reigate shopkeeper... and more
Yes.
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