Peter One‘s tender voice has a storied previous. His opening tune, “Cherie Vico,” the one which hooked me on his music, is a love tune sung in Guro, the language of his homeland Ivory Coast in West Africa. He tells the NPR crowd, “That is the place I began taking part in music a very long time in the past. I got here to America in 1995 and I moved to Nashville a number of years in the past. To this point, I have been working as a nurse, however now I am again to my ardour: music as my profession.”

These are passion-filled songs typically with references and connections to his previous. “Birds Go Die Out Of Web site” tells the story of a good friend additionally from the Ivory Coast and now residing in America, who desires to return house. “It wasn’t the appropriate time as a result of the 2010 elections within the Ivory Coast have been nonetheless inflicting some political issues,” Peter One stated. “My good friend did not hearken to me. He went anyway. I received a telephone name. My good friend had died.” And with a Southern blues tone, full with harmonica, guitar, pedal metal and backing singers, Peter One continues the story.

Peter One’s songs shift from English to French to Guro. The 2 instrumentalists, Agustin Escalante and Luke Schneider (he was final right here with Margo Value), are from Nashville, whereas the singers are from close by the D.C. space. All of the songs carried out are from the 2023 album Come Again to Me, which brings him again to stardom after 30 years away from music. His final quantity is about reconciliation together with his individuals of the Ivory Coast, however I am unable to assist however consider his private reunion together with his internal soul.

SET LIST

• “Cherie Vico”
• “Birds Go Die Out of Sight”
• “Kavudu”

MUSICIANS

• Peter One: vocals, guitar
• Luke Schneider: banjo, lap metal
• Agustin Escalante: keyboard, harmonica, guitar, drum machine, vocals
• Jeanne Eveline Wandjou: vocals
• Abigael Audrey Wilson: vocals

TINY DESK TEAM

• Producer: Bob Boilen
• Director/Editor: Maia Stern
• Audio Engineer: Josh Rogosin
• Sequence Producer: Bobby Carter
• Videographers: Maia Stern, Kara Body, Elizabeth Gillis
• Audio Assistant: Kwesi Lee
• Manufacturing Assistant: Ashley Pointer
• Photographer: Michael Zamora
• Tiny Desk Group: Suraya Mohamed, Hazel Cills, Joshua Bryant
• VP, Visuals and Music: Keith Jenkins
• Senior VP, Programming: Anya Grundmann