"Madly in Love" - Interview with Miriam Doumbia of Malian music duo Amadou and Mariam

by John Malkin (jsmalkin [at] hotmail.com)

Fri, Nov 7, 2025 4:06PM

Audio interview with Miriam Doumbia of Malian music duo Amadou and Mariam on the new album L'Amour à la Folie and current tour.

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L'Amour à la Folie (Madly in Love) is the new album from Malian musical duo Amadou and Mariam. Amadou Bagayoko passed away earlier this year on April 4, 2025. He was 70 years old. L'Amour à la Folie was in the works for many years. Mariam is currently on tour with her band and performing in Vancouver, Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, Washington DC, NYC, Antwerp Belgium and in Santa Cruz, California at the Kuumbwa Jazz Center on Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2025.

This interview was originally broadcast on Nov. 6, 2025 on "Transformation Highway" with John Malkin on KZSC, 88.1 FM / kzsc.org at the University of California Santa Cruz.

For more information: https://www.amadou-mariam.com/

by John Malkin

Fri, Nov 7, 2025 4:06PM