The Good Ones - Rwanda Sings With Strings

Rwanda Sings With Strings

The Good Ones

12" Vinyl Album (Black vinyl) 10 tracks £22.00
CD Album 10 tracks £13.00

Description

The Good Ones - Rwanda Sings With Strings

The celebrated Rwandan folk duo returns with a resonant fifth album, Rwanda Sings with Strings. The record combines their signature earthy vocals and acoustic instrumentation (guitar and hand percussion) with atmospheric cello and violin arrangements, creating a soundscape that vividly brings to life their powerful stories of resilience, memory, and longing.

Recorded 100% live without overdubs in a hotel room by Grammy-winning producer Ian Brennan (Tinariwen, Ramblin' Jack Elliott, Parchman Prison Project), the album delivers an unusually intimate listening experience. Reflective, unfiltered and deeply human.

Reviews

“As welcoming as any porch-recorded music you’ve heard.”
-- Fader

“How can songs be so mournful and so uplifting at once?”
-- The Independent (UK)

Tracklisting

12" Vinyl Album (Black vinyl) (GBLP 173)
  1. Agnes Dreams of Being an Artist
  2. One Red Sunday, You Lied & Tried to Steal My Land
  3. Kirisitiyana Runs Around
  4. In the Hills of Nyarusange, They Talk Too Much
  5. I Love You So Much, But You Refused to Marry Me (Your Beauty I Cannot Unsee)
  6. Mediatrice, You Left This World Too Soon
  7. You Were Given a Dowry, But Abandoned Me
  8. The Valley of the Turkeys (The Things I've Seen)
  9. Everyne, the Earnest One
  10. The Older Girls Lead the Little Ones Astray
CD Album (GBCD 173)
  1. Agnes Dreams of Being an Artist
  2. One Red Sunday, You Lied & Tried to Steal My Land
  3. Kirisitiyana Runs Around
  4. In the Hills of Nyarusange, They Talk Too Much
  5. I Love You So Much, But You Refused to Marry Me (Your Beauty I Cannot Unsee)
  6. Mediatrice, You Left This World Too Soon
  7. You Were Given a Dowry, But Abandoned Me
  8. The Valley of the Turkeys (The Things I've Seen)
  9. Everyne, the Earnest One
  10. The Older Girls Lead the Little Ones Astray