Abri Cyclonique
Polobi & the Gwo Ka Masters, Real World
The voice of 69-year-old Guadeloupean singer Moïse Polobi is a uniquely powerful presence. Deep, laden with heavy vibrato and rasping through yearning melody, his voice has been honed through a lifetime spent performing in rural performances where groups sing drum in unison in the forests near his home town of Petit-Bourg, fighting to be heard among the beats of the drum and the surrounding sounds of nature.