Awa Poulo - Poulo Warali

Awa Poulo es una cantante procedente de Mali, más concretamente de los Peulh, el pueblo nómada más grande del mundo.
Awesome Tapes From Africa presenta ahora la nueva grabación de Poulo, con grandes dosis de folk-pop y con una visión contemporánea de la música de los Peulh. No es muy común encontrar a una cantante femenina que actúe en directo entre los Peulh, pero casualmente la otra mujer del marido de la madre de Poulo es Inna Baba Coulibaly, también una reconocida cantante en Mali.
http://www.mondosonoro.com/noticias-actualidad-musical/awa-poulo-sacara-un-nuevo-disco-en-enero/

Awa Poulo is a singer of Peulh origin from Dilly commune, Mali, near the border with Mauritania. Largely pastoral and often nomadic, Peulh- (or Fula-)speaking peoples are found from Senegal to Ethiopia but predominate in the Sahel region of West Africa. Awesome Tapes From Africa is proud to release Poulo’s newest recording of highly virtuosic folk-pop, fresh from the studio, broadcasting her vision of Peulh music beyond the grazing grounds and central markets of her remote home region in southwestern Mali.

It’s not very common to find a female singer performing publicly among the Peulh. But Poulo’s mother’s co-wife is Inna Baba Coulibaly, who is a celebrated singer most Malian music fans know. Coulibaly herself was brought into music by forces outside her control when a regional music contest required an entry from her village and she was chosen to be a singer. So, set in motion by a surprising series of events, young Poulo’s entree into the music world was auspicious as she gained popularity across the region. After several locally released tapes and CDs, this record is Poulo’s first internationally-distributed record.

On Poulo Warali, she and her band combine the hallmarks of Peulh music—warm flute floating over cross-rhythmic n’goni (lute) riffs and resonant calabash gourd hand percussion—with broader Malian sounds like lightly-distorted guitar and a heavier, rollicking inertia. Shape-shifting layers of rhythm and woody overtones match Poulo’s commanding voice in a jocular yet deliberate dance.

This is a relatively rare example of Malian Peulh music played in a modern, cosmopolitan context, reflecting the mixed society of Dilly, where Bambara, Soninke and Peulh-speaking people live among each other.
Poulo’s conscious lyrics about community concerns speak to the distinctive identity of her broadly-flung people. While Peulh represents less than 10% of Mali’s melting pot of languages, the dynamic music here powerfully resonates well beyond the linguistic borders.

credits

Awa Poulo — Voice
Kande Sissoko — N’goni
Cheickne Diabate — Guitar, Bass Guitar
Souley Guindo —Flute
Sana Diarra — Calabash

Produced by Paul Chandler & Studio Mali Recordings
Recorded by Konan Kouassi at Studio Mali Records in Bamako, Mali
Edited by Philip Sanmiguel
Photography by Oumou Diarra

Awa Thanks:
Inna Baba Coulibaly — My mother, my mentor and inspiration
Mamadou Djadje Bah — My helpful friend
Abdoulah Aziz Diallo — President of the Association of Peulh in Mali
Abba Coulibaly — My brother, who helped in the recording studio

 https://awapoulo.bandcamp.com/album/poulo-warali

1. Dimo Yaou Tata 04:34
2. Djulau 04:13
3. Djara Wilam 04:31
4. Mido Yirima 03:32
5. Noumou Foli 04:24
6. Poulo Hoto Ngari 03:39
7. Poulo Warali 04:47
8. Sidy Modibo 04:31