Iconic Malian musician Amadou Bagayoko dies at 70 | Music News

Bagayoko and his wife, the blind duo Amadou and Mariam, became one of Africa’s best-selling and beloved music industry performers.

Grammy-nominated Malian musician Amadou Bagayoko, who won global fame by moulding traditional West African sounds with Western rock and pop influences as one half of the blind duo Amadou and Mariam, has died aged 70.

The Malian Ministry of Culture “learned with concern of the passing of artist Amadou Bagayoko this Friday,” it said in a statement read on…