The Good Ones: Rwanda, You Should Be Loved on CD
Rwanda, You Should Be Loved
Conventional CD, playable with all CD players and computer drives, but also with most SACD or multiplayers.
- Label:
- ANTI
- Year of recording ca.:
- 2019
- Item number:
- 9508829
- UPC/EAN:
- 8714092771428
- Release date:
- 8.11.2019
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For the The Good Ones' new album, Rwanda, You Should Be Loved, bandleader Adrien Kazigira composed over forty songs. The recording was done live without overdubs on Adrien's farm in Rwanda. Since they live without electricity and have had little access to devices to reproduce musical recordings, The Good Ones' vocalizations are based on the singing traditions and dialect of their local immediate, agricultural district more than by outside and Western influences. Primary songwriter Adrien Kazigira interweaves intricate harmonies with co-singer, Janvier Havugimana, in a style frequently referred to as »worker songs from the streets.« With the musicians rural and remote hilltop origins, the harmonic similarities to American Bluegrass vocals is often eerie. Third member, Javan Mahoro, lends additional background vocals and percussion on select songs. From the moment he laid eyes on them, Brennan said he knew, »What these guys do is precious and rare. Don't f*** it up!«
The Good Ones formed the band as a healing process after the Rwandan genocide, which marks its 25th anniversary in 2019. The band will be touring in the US for the first time this Fall, playing dates with Glen Hansard in the North West and performing at bookshops nationwide along with producer Ian Brennan, as he travels the US speaking about his latest book »Silenced By Sound.«
Reviews
»Nur mit Gitarre und spärlicher Perkussion ausgestattet, gehen ihre zwei- bis dreistimmigen Gesänge auf Anhieb unter die Haut und bleiben dort.« (stereoplay, Januar 2020)Tracklisting
Disk 1 von 1 (CD)
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1 The farmer
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2 Despite it all i still love you, dear friend (with tunde ade
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3 Will you be my protector?
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4 Where did you go wrong, my love (with nels cline)
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5 Young people are the future
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6 Please come back to me (with corin tucker)
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7 Marciana, you should love
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8 A long, sad journey watching you die (with kevin shields)
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9 Life is hard
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10 Seraphinne, you are the prettiest woman in the world
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11 My wife is as beautiful as a sunset (with joe lally)
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12 My smartest friend has lost his mind
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