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MUSIC: La Confusion

Some artists are so consistently outstanding that just the knowledge that they are planning to put out a new album is enough to sustain you through the musical lean years. This is one of those years, and Grammy Award-nominated singers Amadou Bagayoko and Mariam Doumbia are two of those artists. As a husband-and-wife duo, they never fail to disappoint, and their new album, La Confusion, sees the two step up their game once again with a blend of Pan-African pop that will bring even the most jaded denizen of the 21st century back to life.