The Good Ones – Rwanda Sings with Strings (Glitterbeat, 2025) Rwandan folk duo The Good Ones return with Rwanda Sings with Strings, their fifth album…
The Good Ones Weave Rwanda’s Stories With Chamber Grace
Tag: Rwandan music
Vianey Mushabizi, Master of the Ugandan Inanga
Vianey Mushabizi – Maître of Inanga: Music from Rwanda (Antonovka Records, 2022) Vianey Mushabizi, also known as Jean Marie Vianey Mushabizi, is a highly acclaimed…
Inanga, the Trough Zither of Central/Eastern Africa
The inanga, also known as enanga, ennanga, ikivuvu, and indimbagazo, is a traditional musical instrument played in Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda, and parts of the Democratic…
Traditional Rwandan Songs with Umuduri & Ikinyuguri
Iyakaremye & Iyamuremye – Umuduri & Ikinyuguri: Songs from Rwanda (Antonovka Records, 2021) “Umuduri & Ikinyuguri: Songs from Rwanda” present the songs of Iyakaremye &…
Artist Profiles: Samputu
Samputu is a singer from Rwanda with a strong, clear and beautiful voice, which harmonizes and leads in soaring passages, and whispers in quiet ballads.…
Expert Testimony
Samputu Testimony From Rwanda (Multicultural Media MCM 4003, 2004) It’s been a decade since the genocide in Rwanda, a massive tragedy that the United States…