I know Hali Diallo is the fan favorite off of this album but the closing track Chebiba really got my attention and closed out the album nicely. Daniel Hoernecke
This is one of the finest records on Sahel’s catalogue, which is to say it’s a fucking classic.
Puts you right there in the situation of this music; there ain’t no carefully crafted “production values” to make this music “more appealing”. And it sounds fucking unbelievable. Music to get lost in. Cosmographer
The latest from Awesome Tapes from Africa is a collection of songs from Awa Poulo, full of brittle guitars and leaping vocals. Bandcamp New & Notable Dec 24, 2016