From their Wikipedia page at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amadou_%26_Mariam"Amadou & Mariam are a musical duo from Mali, composed of the couple Amadou Bagayoko (guitar and vocals) (born in Bamako 24 October 1954) and Mariam Doumbia (vocals) (born in Bamako 15 April 1958). The pair, known as "the blind couple from Mali" met at Mali's Institute for the Young Blind, and found they shared an interest in music. Amadou lost his vision at the age of 16 while Mariam became blind at age 5 as a consequence of untreated measles."Here is their official website: http://amadou-mariam.com/_sites/AMADOU2008/html/index2.htm
There are some lovely videos and other goodies there as well.I just heard them for the first time the other day while watching 2009's Glastonbury Music Festival on television, and all of a sudden out of all the bands there was one unrecognized, totally magnetic and joyful sound that I had to stop and find out: just who are these people? Apparently in many parts of the world they are quite well known and have many albums out I would love to find a clear, non-wobbly live version of either of the songs as the entire band is very different to watch than just to listen - so dynamic, so varied in motion, so full of exuberant joy. I'll keep looking. In the meantime, above is a music video for one song, and a static album version of a different song in the video below.