On April 10, 2012, “Nonesuch” label released “Folila”, the sixth Amadou & Mariam studio album. It was recorded in 2011, in Bomako, Mali and in New York City, and was produced by Marc Antoine Moreau.
Personnel:
- Amadou Bagayoko – vocals, guitar, electric guitar
- Mariam Doumbia – vocals
- Santigold – vocals
- Jake Shears – vocals
- Tunde Adebimpe – vocals
- Ebony Bones – vocals
- Kyp Malone – vocals
- Abdallah Oumbadougou – vocals
- Theophilus London – vocals
- Tanti Kouaté & Her Choir – choir, chorus
- Nick Zinner – acoustic and electric guitar
- Antoine Halet – guitar, acoustic guitar, engineer, mixing
- Bertrand Cantat – vocals, guitar, doum-doum, harmonica
- Idrissa Soumaro – organ, piano
- Victor Axelrod – keyboards, Wurlitzer
- Amp Fiddler – keyboards
- Yvo Abadi – bass, drums, percussion
- Yao Dembele – bass, percussion
- Ahmed Fofana – bass, flute, keyboards
- Laurent Griffon – bass
- Boubacar Dembele – balafon, conga, djembe, doum-doum
- Vieux Dembélé – djembe
- Sidiki Diabate – kora
- Tomani Diabate – kora
- Sanogo Foussn – doum-doum
- Bassekou Kouyate – ngoni
- Manjul – percussion
- Stuart Bogie – tenor saxophone
- Jared Tankel – baritone saxophone
- Jordan McLean – trumpet
- Christophe Millot – bass clarinet
- Josh Grant – engineer, mixing
- Kennie Takahashi – mixing
- Renaud Letang – mixing
- Tony Cousins – mastering
- Marc Antoine Moreau – arrangements, A&R
- Julien Bescond – A&R
- François Morel – design
- Thomas Moulin – assistant
- Benoît Peverelli – photography
Track listing:
- Dougou Badia – Mariam Doumbia, Santigold
- Wily Kataso – Adebamfe, Mariam Doumbia, Kyp Malone
- Oh Amadou – Amadou Bagayoko
- Metemya – Amadou Bagayoko, Moreau, Jake Shears
- Baro – Amadou Bagayoko, Bertrand Cantat
- Africa mon Afrique – Amadou Bagayoko, Bertrand Cantat
- C’est pas facile pour les Aigles – Mariam Doumbia, Ebony Bones
- Sans toi – Amadou Bagayoko, Mariam Doumbia
- Mogo – Amadou Bagayoko, Bertrand Cantat
- Bagnale – Amadou Bagayoko, Mariam Doumbia, Abdallah Oumbadougou
- Nebe Miri – Amadou Bagayoko, Mariam Doumbia, Theophilus London
- Chérie – Mariam Doumbia
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