It’s tough to merely absorb a efficiency by the Rwandan group often called The Good Ones. The pathos of the band and the nation’s latest historical past permeates the duo’s existence and its music.

Adrian Kazigira and Janvier Havugimana had been taught music by the latter’s older brother, who then perished through the nation’s brutal genocide. They shaped a band as a method to course of their nation’s trauma and likewise convey collectively Rwanda’s three tribes: Tutsi, Hutu, and Abatwa.

From the beginning, the easy guitar fingerpicking fashion and really sparse rhythm information the plaintive vocals right into a trance-like meditation. The music is an interesting mixture of guitar strumming that mixes the type of cyclical tune type you hear on the West African kora and vocal harmonizing widespread to many African musical traditions.

The group’s origin story could also be tragic, however The Good Ones’ willpower to unfold its musical message is an inspiration.

SET LIST

• “The Farmer”
• “Mon Cheri”
• “Seraphinne, You’re the Prettiest Lady within the World”
• “Younger Individuals Are the Future”

MUSICIANS

• Adrien Kazigira: acoustic guitar, vocals
• Janvier Havugimana: percussion, guitar, vocals
• Marilena Umuhoza Delli: translator, spokesperson

Marie Reed Elementary Faculty Singers

• Choir Director: Sandra Granobles
• Liya Springfield
• Naomi Quinn
• Faria Mojeb
• Markan Beshir
• Ezra Beshir
• Zylei Jones
• Cuore Dea Umutoni Brennan
• Erick Turcios-Maldonado

TINY DESK TEAM

• Producers: Felix Contreras, Bob Boilen
• Director/Editor: Kara Body
• Audio Engineer: Josh Rogosin
• Collection Producer: Bobby Carter
• Videographers: Kara Body, Maia Stern, Joshua Bryant
• Audio Assistant: Neil Tevault
• Manufacturing Assistant: Elle Mannion
• Photographer: Zayrha Rodriguez
• Tiny Desk Workforce: Suraya Mohamed, Ashley Pointer, Hazel Cills
• VP, Visuals and Music: Keith Jenkins
• Senior VP, Programming: Anya Grundmann