Alfredo Flores, award-winning D.C.-based freelance event photographer

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Amadou and Mariam Bring Afro-Pop Fun to Birchmere

Photos by Alfredo Flores NBC 4 Washington's Around Town

Amadou (right) and Mariam -- who met at an institute for the blind -- infuse traditional Malian sounds with rock guitars, violins, trumpets, trombones, tablas and various percussion instruments. They have been dubbed “the blind couple of Mali.” They met at Mali’s Institute for the Young Blind, where they found they shared the same passion for music.