Folila

Folila was originally going to be two separate albums. One album was recorded in New York City and featured contributions from TV on the Radio, Santigold, Nick Zinner, Jake Shears, Theophilus London, members of Antibalas and Bertrand Cantat. A second album, featuring the same set of songs, was recorded in Amadou and Mariam's hometown of Bamako and featured a team of African artists. However, the couple decided to combine the two albums together to create Folila. ==Reception==

Folila has received generally positive reviews. On the review aggregate site Metacritic, the album has a score of 71 out of 100, indicating "Generally favorable review." Thom Jurek of Allmusic gave the album a positive review, writing "Forget prejudices about 'world music'; Folila is great music. Period." Folila was also nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Contemporary World Music Album in 2012. ==Track listing==

The following people contributed to Folila: Mariam & Amadou • Amadou Bagayoko - Composer, Guitar, Guitar (Electric), Vocals • Mariam Doumbia - Composer, Vocals Additional musicians • Yvo Abadi - bass, drums, percussion • Tunde Adebimpe - composer, vocals • Victor Axelrod - keyboards, Wurlitzer • Stuart Bogie - tenor sax • Bertrand Cantat -composer, doum-doum, guitar, harmonica, vocals • Tony Cousins - Mastering • Baubacar Dembélé - Djembe • Boubacar Dembele - Balafon, Conga, Djembe, Doum-doum • Vieux Dembélé - Djembe • Yao Dembele - Bass, Percussion • Sidiki Diabate - Kora • Tomani Diabate - Kora • Ebony Bones - Composer, Vocals • Amp Fiddler - Keyboards • Ahmed Fofana - Bass, Flute, Keyboards • Sanogo Foussn - Doum-doum • Laurent Griffon - Bass • Antoine Halet - Collaboration, Engineer, Guitar, Guitar (Acoustic), Mixing • Bassekou Kouyate - Ngoni • Christophe Millot - Clarinet (Bass) • Theophilus London - Composer, Vocals • Kyp Malone - Composer, Vocals • Manjul - Percussion • Jordan McLean - Trumpet • Santigold - Composer, Vocals • Jake Shears - Composer, Vocals • Idrissa Soumaro - Organ, Piano • Jared Tankel - Sax (Baritone) • Tanti Kouaté & Her Choir - Choir, Chorus • Nick Zinner - electric and acoustic guitar • Abdallah Oumbadougou - composer, vocals Additional personnel • Julien Bescond - A&R • Josh Grant - Engineer, Mixing • Kennie Takahashi - Mixing • Renaud Letang - Mixing • Marc Antoine Moreau - A&R, Arranger, Composer, Producer • François Morel - Design • Thomas Moulin - Assistant • Benoît Peverelli - Photography ==Charts==