Ayo - Mami Wata - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Ayo is back with Mami Wata, her 7th album. Named after the Nigerian goddess of the sea, this new album focuses on water, the main inspiration for the singer who moved to Tahiti 3 years ago. Ayo has drawn new compositions from her environment in the middle of the Pacific, ranging from intimate ballads to rhythmic litanies. Mami Wata is a logbook, testimony to the new birth of a powerful female artist. Nothing is left to chance in her free verse lyrics, or in her melodies, harmonies and arrangements, which oscillate with precision at the crossroads of genres. Produced by guitarist Freddy Koella (Bob Dylan, Lhasa), her acoustic textures warm the heart as much as her lyrics, which are about spirituality, freedom and the power of finally being yourself. Album Tracks 1. Love Song 2. Wildfiya 3. Closer 4. Money Love 5. Savior 6. Tears of Joy 7. Kinder 8. Woman 9. Silent Storm 10. Stronger 11. Stay with Me 12. Mami Wata

2017 . It's not typical for an artist to self-title their fifth album. That's normally meant for debut records. But, while Brooklyn-based singer/songwriter Ayo has four records under her belt, it's actually quite fitting that she chose the eponymous title. The 14-track record, which exquisitely blends folk reggae and pop with soul influences and a dash of hip-hop, marks many firsts for the artist and serves as her musical rebirth. The musical mission is crystal clear on Ayo make beautiful music seeped in positivity, love, and light and that makes people feel something. Written over the past three to four years during a sea of personal and career changes, the 14-track album takes the listener on an emotional ride from the self-reflection of InchNothingInch to despair and desperation in InchI PrayInch to the innocent hopefulness of young love in the first single, InchI'm a Fool.Inch Album Tracks 1. Nothing 2. All I Want 3. Paname 4. Boom Boom 5. Why 6. If Love Is a Killer 7. Velvet Clouds 8. Cupcakes and Candies 9. Let It Rain 10. I Pray 11. I'm a Fool 12. Again 13. Forever and Beyond 14. Fearless

Album Tracks 1. Dombolo - Lead Vocal Angélique Kidjo 2. Mansa Soyari - Lead Vocal Rokia Koné 3. Doona - Lead Vocal Mamani Keita 4. La Dame Et Ses Valises - Lead Vocal Nneka 5. Nebao - Lead Local Mamani Keita 6. Deep in Love - Lead Vocal Rokia Koné, Massan Coulibaly 7. Anisokoma - Lead Vocal Rokia Koné, Kandia Kouyaté 8. Wedding - Lead Vocal Madiaré Dramé 9. Kounani - Lead Vocal Madina N'diaye 10. Full Moon - Lead Vocal Rokia Koné, Mamani Keita 11. I Play the Kora (Feat. Rokia Koné, Mamani Keita, Nneka, Kandia Kouyaté, Mariam Doumbia) 12. Desert Storm - Lead Vocal Kandia Kouyaté, Rokia Koné