Jupiter & Okwess

Tiny Desk Concerts - Audio

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Music

4.6 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 10 September 2018

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

Jupiter Bokondji and his band Okwess play music that feels both African and American, with Jupiter's early musical tastes inspired by The Jackson 5, James Brown and the sounds of Motown.

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0:00.0	I'm Bob Boylan from All Songs Considered. The following is the audio from our latest Tiny Desk concert.
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0:10.2	Or go to NPR.org slash Tiny Desk concerts.
0:14.0	Wogalah!
0:16.0	Haya!
0:17.0	Haya! Hia! Joo! Oh, I gotta get my e,
0:33.6	Oh, go to go to go to the game,
0:35.0	oh, go to the y'am,
0:36.0	oh, go to the public, oh yeah.
0:39.0	Oh, fakun doro.
0:40.0	Oh, fakumolo.
0:43.0	Oh, Vakumolo.
0:47.0	Ah, ha.
0:48.0	Oh, Vakum
0:47.0	Oh, Vakum Ouu.
0:50.0	Oh, Vakumuu.
0:53.0	Oh, Vatumu.
0:55.0	Oh, Vapumu.
0:56.0	Ah, oh, ah, uh,
0:58.0	uh, uh,
0:59.0	that katu moo,
1:00.0	that uh, that uh, You can hold on me. Oh yeah, oh yeah.
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