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Bamako

  • Blogs

    February 7, 2012

    Live: Amadou & Mariam Engage In The Business Of Show At The Box

    Amadou & Mariam The Box Monday, February 6 Better than: Waiting for the official tour. When it comes to music rooms with a stunning view, it was tough to beat the penthouse at the Cooper Square Hotel (now André Balazs's unfortunately named The Standard East Village) last summer, when Annie Ohayon ... More >>

  • Music

    August 18, 2009

    Jazz Consumer Guide: A Summer Suite of Harmonic Disorder

    Transcending roots and relishing every moment, whether you've got the rhythm section or not

  • Music

    May 13, 2009

    Summer Guide: Amadou & Mariam's A Global Affair

    Damon Albarn lends this "blind couple from Mali" a dash of Britpop

  • Voice Choices

    April 8, 2009

    Toumani Diabate's Symmetric Orchestra

    Damon Albarn lends this "blind couple from Mali" a dash of Britpop

  • Blogs

    February 5, 2009

    Clip Job: The Timbuctoo Scene

    Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archivesMarch 29, 1962, Vol. VII, No. 23The Timbuctoo SceneDear Sir:Well, I have made the Timbuctoo, Timbuktu, Timbukou, Tombouctou SCENE. I left a copy of The Village Voice pasted on the wall of my pad there. I rented a pad -- a whole house -- for $5 a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 2, 2009

    Adventures in a Crippled Kitchen

    Chapter 3: The Test Drive [Read the continuing saga from the beginning here.] Arriving home one day to find the gas shut off in my West Village apartment building, I ran out and bought a one-burner hot plate for $29.95. The one with two burners cost only $10 more, but what did I nee ... More >>

  • Music

    July 9, 2008

    Recapping 2008's Vision and JVC Jazz Festivals

    Charles Lloyd, Kidd Jordan, Herbie Hancock and more

  • Music

    July 31, 2007

    Back in the World

    Roswell Rudd's triumphant return to braying trombone excellence

  • Film

    February 6, 2007

    Festival Film: Friend or Foe?

    Speaking to the West and its own, Bamako blurs the line

  • Film

    September 19, 2006

    Festival Express

    New York Film Festival first week highlights

  • Music

    July 18, 2006

    West African Blues Eulogy Conjures Desert Lightning

    New York Film Festival first week highlights

  • NYC Life

    May 16, 2006

    Outdoor Concerts & Music Festivals

    New York Film Festival first week highlights

  • Art

    March 14, 2006

    A Cacophonous Affair

    From the austerely documentary to the resolutely fabulist

  • Music

    March 7, 2006

    Ali Farka Touré 1939–2006

    "A mechanic, technician, chauffeur, and farmer—all that is before music."

  • News

    February 21, 2006

    Letters

    "A mechanic, technician, chauffeur, and farmer—all that is before music."

  • Art

    February 14, 2006

    Royal Portraits

    Modernity and tradition entwined in a complex dialogue

  • pazzandjop

    January 24, 2006

    Dean's List

    Modernity and tradition entwined in a complex dialogue

  • Music

    December 6, 2005

    You Better Shop Around

    Real Life Consumer Guide 2005: The music bargains start here

  • Music

    September 20, 2005

    Craft and Lies

    From Senegal to Austin T-X clear evidence of cooperation between or among principals

  • Music

    September 6, 2005

    CMJ Music Marathon

    From Senegal to Austin T-X clear evidence of cooperation between or among principals

  • Music

    August 16, 2005

    Hot Couple

    Malian marrieds take their most recent newfound success as their long-established due

  • Music

    June 1, 2004

    Go 'Head, Fred!

    Boondocks and motherland sing that song to da rhythm of da boogie da bang bang da bong

  • Music

    April 13, 2004

    We Got A Lot

    Kvelling over damn near a dozen meanings of life, their average length close to an hour

  • Home

    February 3, 2004

    The Dean's List

    Kvelling over damn near a dozen meanings of life, their average length close to an hour

  • NYC Life

    January 13, 2004

    On Purpose

    Celebrating 35 years of activist filmmaking

  • Music

    November 11, 2003

    Greatest Whatevers

    Just because you can spell 'forbearance' correctly doesn't mean you'll get a gold star

  • News

    July 8, 2003

    Manthia Diawara Won't Budge

    NYU's Renaissance Man Contemplates the Fate of the African Expat

  • Music

    June 17, 2003

    Diffusion Rools

    NYU's Renaissance Man Contemplates the Fate of the African Expat

  • Music

    January 14, 2003

    Escape Claus

    NYU's Renaissance Man Contemplates the Fate of the African Expat

  • Music

    October 15, 2002

    Hail Fellow Well Set

    NYU's Renaissance Man Contemplates the Fate of the African Expat

  • NYC Life

    September 3, 2002

    Opening Up

    When Who's on First Is What Matters

  • Art

    March 19, 2002

    Darkness Visible

    When Who's on First Is What Matters

  • News

    November 27, 2001

    Holiday Happenings

    When Who's on First Is What Matters

  • Music

    July 24, 2001

    Senior Superheroes

    When Who's on First Is What Matters

  • Music

    September 19, 2000

    Afropop Worldwide

    When Who's on First Is What Matters

  • Music

    August 10, 1999

    Baby Gets Back

    When Who's on First Is What Matters

  • Music

    July 20, 1999

    Consumer Guide

    When Who's on First Is What Matters

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