The Good Ones: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert

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The Tiny Desk is working from home for the foreseeable future. Introducing NPR Music's Tiny Desk (home) concerts, bringing you performances from across the country and the world. It's the same spirit — stripped-down sets, an intimate setting — just a different space.

Bob Boilen | Sept. 29, 2020
This is the tiniest of Tiny Desk (home) concerts, a single song, recorded in Rwanda by The Good Ones. In 2019, the band's album RWANDA, you should be loved was one of my top 10 albums. They were to play a Tiny Desk concert in May of this year, but the world had other plans.

Adrien Kazigira and Janvier Havugimana know endless hardships. The night before this recording was made, a flood in Rwanda killed more than a dozen people and destroyed homes. Muddied water was more than waist high in Janvier's one-room hut. That next morning, Grammy-winning producer Ian Brennan and photographer Marilena Umuhoza Delli showed up to record the duo; she had the camera and he handled the audio. And though Janvier had been up all night dealing with the mud, they all took a two-hour drive to Adrien's hilltop farm. Janvier tapped out the rhythm with a key on a thermos; the jug was filled with milk — milk from a cow Adrien was able to purchase courtesy of a 2019 U.S. tour.

The performance is a song they'd just learned to play together: "Soccer (Summer 1988)." It's a nostalgic tune of a favorite soccer team, Rayon Sports F.C., from the days before the genocide in Rwanda took too many lives nearly a quarter of a century ago. Support means a great deal to these people, and if you like what you hear, their Bandcamp page is a good way to help The Good Ones.

SET LIST
"Soccer (Summer 1988)"

MUSICIANS
Adrien Kazigira: vocals, guitar
Janvier Havugimana: vocals, percussion

CREDITS
Video By: Marilena Umuhoza Delli
Audio By: Ian Brennan
Producer: Bob Boilen
Audio Mastering Engineer: Josh Rogosin
Video Producer: Morgan Noelle Smith
Associate Producer: Bobby Carter
Executive Producer: Lauren Onkey
Senior VP, Programming: Anya Grundmann
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They are singing in Kinyarwanda, sounds like old songs I would hear on the old radio in the early 2000's as a kid growing up in Burundi.. So much nostalgia

molamola
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As a proud Rwandan I am really happy to watch our fellow Rwandan musician on this platform
Thank you Npr for sharing this incredible soulful Rwandan fused traditional music!

bolingopaccy
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woaa our kinyarwanda language beatiful song

byiringirooscar
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An African traditional song heals the heart.. it targets the soul and cures every pain even when u dont get the lyrics. The lyrics don't really matter anymore when you're already feeling good.

nanaamissah
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NPR, Thanks for bringing the joy of music to every corner of our home planet. My best wishes for everybody, from Peru, South America.

brunorocca
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what a beautiful instrument that jar is~

maykim
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This beautiful effortless sounding piece of music in contrast to their story...puts things into a perspective...I love what NPR does and stands for, I am very much part of an appreciation club for bringing this to us...

helenb
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Lovely harmonies and such a sincere, gentle delivery. It's the opposite of what the entertainment business incessantly shoves down our throats daily and a poignant reminder of how simply singing and playing an instrument can calm the soul of the performer and listener alike.

JimSuperwhite
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❤🖤💚...Even though I can't understand what they are singing. The joy in their spirit radiates through the beautiful melody and music.

shinebright
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Nice performance I love their voice.

But am not from Rwanda From Nigeria watching from Italy God bless Africa, Africa culture is on Unbeatable culture....

edwinparisosaretin
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thanks to the tiny desk my music collection has expanded my g.f is from Egypt she loves the traditional music awsome job people music unites us it tells a story

booly
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They harmonize really well. And the human metronome never missed a beat. Excellent performance!

mikerphone.
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Hope they are working on a new album:) Much much love to Rwanda and the good ones!

old-hidden-path
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Beautiful, Thank you. Let's unite in love so what happened in Rwanda never happens again anywhere.

rotapp
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Omg how good is this! I feel my soul healing...

NicholasInThePast
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Tank you very much tiny desk so kind to présente the great singer from Rwanda hopefully they hare safety viva Africa merci beaucoup

sylvielopez
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Instrument has no boundaries. That’s the origin of instrument came from in most people

ayethazinbo
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That was delightful. I would listen to them play all day.

mstrrd
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it's raining outside and i am happy listening to them :-)

laksheya
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Listening to this brought me nostalgia. Thank you NPR!

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