The "I came to you, fleeing. You saw me as primitive" bit always gets me

you know they're true musicians when the live vocal performance sounds just as perfect as the recordings!!

@ElGuitaristo79

4 жыл бұрын

I often ordered the album after hearing a band on NPR - and most of the time I was really disappointed. The live performances to my ears are always more authentic and breathtaking than these modern productions. (can´t speak of this band, I gave up ordering the albums. Only pure NPR sound is the real thing! ;-) )

@MarkLimb

4 жыл бұрын

@@ElGuitaristo79 Their sound person is incredible... absolutely amazing recordings for live performances in an office building

@22pirate

4 жыл бұрын

yup

@yackyack1700

4 жыл бұрын

@Tarhea-Geddwyn Raat Yes but performance > sound quality/perfect pitch (for most people including him and me). Also a good sound engineer will retune, edit etc. depending on the style and what people expect for this specific style. In pop and mainstream you'll edit a lot because everything has to be perfect but in some other styles the audience might like it more if you leave some flaws in. Finally this oriental kind of singing has lot of melismas and going between the 12 tones of the usual scale so I don't know how well it goes with a pitch corrector. Would be curious to know. Anyway in this case the recording and live are so different (instruments, general feeling) that they are not even comparables.

@ahmeednabil

3 жыл бұрын

music from yemen

Ofra Haza in her heaven smiles. These ladies are fantastic.

@bostonseeker

4 жыл бұрын

Banot Ofra

@thoufeelali147

3 жыл бұрын

❤️

@amethyst4990

3 ай бұрын

❤❤❤

Thank you for the subtitles! I wish you did that more often for these amazing international performances.

@bethanyhagensen4005

4 жыл бұрын

Yes!!! Knowing the meaning really changes the experience

@neepa21

4 жыл бұрын

yes! it is great to have these subtitles. thanks to tiny desk, i'll be playing this for my international migration course where we study exile this week. really powerful performance!

@ikke1970100

4 жыл бұрын

For those who don't know , they occupy Palestinian land .

@fraidarahbaran6076

4 жыл бұрын

++++

@jittmet7766

4 жыл бұрын

@@ikke1970100 Vicious nonsense. Stop it. Build your own country and stop trying to steal Jewish land.Enjoy the music and stop spreading lies.

To be honest, I shed quite a lot of tears during this version of Hana Mash Hu Al Yaman. Just great and so powerful! Lots of love from me, a Russian-Jewish girl. :)

@itamaredelman6092

7 ай бұрын

me too, including the soviet diasporic content in my lineage. goes to show these are our sisters despite the passage of time.

We love from Yemen 🇾🇪❤❤❤❤🇾🇪

THIS. IS. MY. NEW. JAM.

Being a Turk who lives in the west, Ive heard a lot of eastern and western music but I've never come across something so unusually beautiful. Reggae with a Middle eastern jam? Why not!

@hasms8495

4 жыл бұрын

@edysixth thanks for the recommendation. I only just checked them out yesterday and they're awesome

@sultanheart

4 жыл бұрын

I am a yemeny man and i never knew about them.. and i am so happy to hear them.. this kind of music is so rare even in yemen

@hasms8495

4 жыл бұрын

@@sultanheart I'm curious to know, are the girls singing in a unique arabic dialect given they're Yemenite jews or is it pretty much the on point with typical Yemeny Arabic?

@sultanheart

4 жыл бұрын

Has MS Thats a common yemeny dialect in north yemen..

@yilmazbleibttreu8657

3 жыл бұрын

Biji Kurd u Kurdistan

No matter where it occurs, the immigrant story contains elements that I always find powerful and relatable. It's a great template that sort of resembles a hero's journey. Their great grandma moved from Yemen to Israel...my parents moved from Haiti to the USA...similar challenges are faced by all migrants. And even if one is not relocating physically, the passage of time is a stressful journey that we all must undertake...anyway, lovely performance, the subtitles are appreciated😄

@petersmall1574

4 жыл бұрын

That's a very thoughtful comment. "Hana Mash Hu Al Yaman", with its back and forth, call and response structure, conveys so well the hopes and burdens of emigration, flight, and diaspora, I think. In that sense, it reminds me of the song "America" from the musical West Side Story.

@fraidarahbaran6076

4 жыл бұрын

+

@drgregorycowan1708

4 жыл бұрын

Indeed, thank you @RG Fleuridor for a lovely comment. The immigrant experience is powerful. My ancestors emigrated from the old world (Europe and India) to Australia and South Africa; I have migrated to Europe and I find music central to the search for home. The lyrics (thanks for translations) about Yemen and Israel are compelling, thank you Tiny Desk

@liadmarley

4 жыл бұрын

Great comment dude!

@DeborahGoldenflower

4 жыл бұрын

omg bro you didn't tell me you were famous!! 😮😮 anyway. all mine, your mind; we always be having the same thoughts on things like this. hyphenated nation rise up! love ya 💓

There is so much to see outside our 4 walls!

From Yemen we love u 🇾🇪🇾🇪🇾🇪

@eladkopler596

3 жыл бұрын

😘

Their harmony is very consistent! It’s a bit complex at times but I didn’t hear them mess up once. Skill.

@MusicRevolution1992

4 жыл бұрын

Who have you seen/heard that's messed up on here bruh?

@hylieprongsf.zeldin7844

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, they totally rock the harmonies.

@helloagain4546

4 жыл бұрын

it's true... looks like they worked their asses off on those harmonies, they are each equally capable vocalists and big souls, preformers.. like in the old days... such a genius thing "singing trios" back in the day... it's a lost art... everyone doubletracking in the studio :-)

@almoggrinberg5052

4 жыл бұрын

@@helloagain4546 Thay did... they are all graduates of "Rimon" academy, the most prominent music institute in Israel, it made them hardworking perfectionist masters of their craft.

@knowhere60

4 жыл бұрын

Practicing since childhood...

I am Qatari I have Yaman jews roots from my mom side I love you A-WA proud of you

@ajsuflena156

4 жыл бұрын

soso omg that’s so cool!

@ajsuflena156

4 жыл бұрын

theres significant minority of arabian ppl with jewish roots

@zorozed8309

4 жыл бұрын

if yours mother mother was a Jew so u r Qatari Jew if you have documents proving that u can became Israeli.

@mansourhizam3507

4 жыл бұрын

@@zorozed8309 I want to come to Israel. As immigrant Can, I?

@mansourhizam3507

4 жыл бұрын

@@zorozed830900967774908129 Yémen

Another beautiful moment from NPR! Once again, you've introduced me to an artist/band that I never knew existed that has blessed my ears and soul. 🙏🏼

I am moroccan with Yemeni roots (very old roots but still), this is fantastic

This is so dope. These girls are super classy, love the way they dance, and this band behind knows how to hold a groove!!

This is the band that made me want to learn Arabic. The way they sing Al Asad just brings out the pain and suffering and overcoming of everyone in the world. What a survivor song!! Best band ever!

@joharblanco4217

2 жыл бұрын

They are from Israel and how they sing is not a language but a yemenite dialect

@arielcomenting

2 жыл бұрын

It's judeo yenenite

@Hyuzuka

2 жыл бұрын

what? are y'all sure the lyrics of Al Asad are not in arabic?

@boazmunro478

Жыл бұрын

@@Hyuzuka It's a Jewish Yemenite dialect, but it's definitely Arabic imo. I say this as someone who's studied both Arabic and Hebrew.

@pumamanta1771

7 ай бұрын

@@boazmunro478Jews spoke Arabic for like 1200 years before the revival of Hebrew as a modern language (no one speak Biblical Hebrew, it became a liturgical language but not Living)

*So very proud of those trio Yemenite sisters. It’s amazing how they preserved Yemenite culture more than folks who live in Yemen 🇾🇪 + 🇮🇱 = ❤️*

@shhh445

3 жыл бұрын

No 🇾🇪+🇵🇸=❤️

@elmisticco

3 жыл бұрын

Famo 26 no 🇾🇪➕🇺🇳 = 💗

@kingofwars9756

Жыл бұрын

Me bro Slaam from Sanaa ♥️

@Chaneloweenz

Жыл бұрын

@@shhh445 Nah

As a Maltese speaker, it's so fascinating to be able to understand parts of Yemeni! Language is such a beautiful thing

@AR-ml9eo

4 жыл бұрын

That is so cool. I only recently learned that Maltese is largely derived from Sicilian Arabic from Mahgrebi of North Africa. What a rich history. Too bad most people have no idea how intermingled we all are in so many ways.

@M4th3u54ndr4d3

4 жыл бұрын

Yemeni? You mean arabic

@AR-ml9eo

4 жыл бұрын

@@M4th3u54ndr4d3 - Arabic is the base language, as written and grammar. It is called Fusha, or Standard, Literary, Classic, High or Koranic Arabic. However, it not spoken in a unified form almost anywhere in the Arabic world. Somewhat akin to Spanish but with greater variation. Certainly no Spanish speaker considers Spain to be the center of anything. Each Arab nation speaks its national variant, or Register, with variations in vocabulary, grammar and accents, as well as slang. Much depends on the language of the former colonial metropolises. So that French is very present in Lebanese or Algerian but not Egyptian, or Yemeni. All Arabic yet at times hardly intelligible between parts of the Arabic speaking world. One written language, many spoken 'dialects.' So yes, Yemeni Arabic.

@M4th3u54ndr4d3

4 жыл бұрын

@@AR-ml9eo Its obvious that there is a lot of arabic dialects, golfi 3arabi, levantine, egyptian, maghrebi... But it is still ARABIC or YEMENI ARABIC, not YEMENI

@dicsballer9

4 жыл бұрын

@@M4th3u54ndr4d3 you'd be just as correct without yelling :D

The attitude of this group is incredibly infectious, the music is so casual but precise. It's so fresh to my ears and eyes that I can't really describe it but I know I love it.

When the bass dropped everything made sense. 👍🏼👍🏼

Love from YEMEN❤️

I'm a simple man! I see tiny desk notification, I click.

@jasek911

4 жыл бұрын

Same here...

@sidskysingh

4 жыл бұрын

You Sir are a complex man who is yearning for new sound..!

@brianbishoff194

4 жыл бұрын

Never been disappointed yet!!

i love this version of their last song way more than the album version. it fits so much better with the actual theme and lyrics of the song

@AR-ml9eo

4 жыл бұрын

But the video is great don't you think? A little abstract yes but I love all their music videos.

It never fails to amaze me how many times I need to be taught this lesson by NPR Music: Listen to the TDC even if you don't recognize the artist name. Thank all that is good that the autoplay feature fed me A-WA this morning.

We went to their show last summer in NYC, bought the GREAT album, and their AwEsOmE bass player, Nitzan Eizenman agreed to take it backstage and get it signed for us! THANK YOU! and please come again!!

Wow! My family is Moroccan Israeli, like many Jews from other African countries that fled to Israel for a new life. This is some powerful stuff, and crazy groovy, you ladies and the band really are channeling some beauty - thank you!!!!

@xplinux22

3 жыл бұрын

אהלן מעוד ישראלי ממשפחה במקור מרוקאית! 👋

@sunny-td7qg

Жыл бұрын

You didn't fled. You took a land by force and crimes.

@Chaneloweenz

Жыл бұрын

@@sunny-td7qg Nah

@claytonandrew9167

3 ай бұрын

It’s very groovy indeed

@khadija2739

Ай бұрын

@@Chaneloweenzya. zionists paid the moroccan king to bring jews in operation yachin. stop lying.

Beautiful discovery . This is why i love tiny desk no religion no color just universal music

Their vocals are so precise

The Yemenite vibe is strong!

For the benefit of those "not in the know", there's a reference here 11:04 in the song that only Jews around the world will get... "land of wheat and barley, grape and olive, fig and pomegranate, date and home". Its an ancient Jewish cultural concept called "7 species", with old symbolism attached to each of these indigenous plants of Israel. Many Jewish festivals have central thoughts from things found in nature in the homeland. Like the use of the citron during Sukkot, or the paste made with dates on Passover.

@BooLee01

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the information. I have been loving this song, and I figured those were all items that could be found in Israel, but now I have a cultural context to go with it.

@JulioTijuana01

4 жыл бұрын

Just out of curiosity...When they say "grape, olive, fig, pomegranate, date" those five words sound similar at the begining. Why is that? Thanks.

@interestingyoutubechannel1

4 жыл бұрын

​@@JulioTijuana01 "inab, zayit, tein, ruman, tamar" is those five words they're singing in Yemenite Arabic. In Hebrew it is very similar - "anav, zayit, te'ena, rimon, tamar". Although we almost always refer to the plural form for grapes & olives - anavim and zeytim. Or often refer to grapes as 'grapevine' = 'gefen' (which is also a Hebrew family name).

@interestingyoutubechannel1

4 жыл бұрын

@@lihilevy366 Most refugee Jews that arrived in Israel were to some extent disappointed, that it's not as much a perfect paradise as described by all our ancestors. Every community had its own different form of hardship. And of course bombs landing. I know a Syrian Jew who escaped, arrived in the land of "mixed fruit orchards & rivers" to then be given a military uniform and put on the front lines against the advancing Syrian tanks. What a day to arrive home. Many have similar stories.

@JulioTijuana01

4 жыл бұрын

@@interestingyoutubechannel1 Interesting in so many levels , thank you!

Tel Aviv’s musical contribution reminiscent of the band Chic, baladi beats, obvious Yemenite culture. It takes me back to the Shuk Market, Dizengoff Street, Neve Tzedek, driving on the Ayalon Highway, walking along Tel Baruch Beach at sunset. Todah Rabah A-Wa!!!

@finjanschool

3 жыл бұрын

why. did you leave?

@jogo5732

3 жыл бұрын

woah, this comment brought tears to my eyes. I long for Tel Aviv so much, and this year is the first one since 2017 that I didn't visit because of corona. Since I first visited in 2017, I have been visiting twice a year. There is nothing like that place. I felt your comment so much

Love this sessions!!! I’m Mexican and I don’t know why in the hell I love this music,but I love the fact that I do!!!😁😁😁😉😉😉 new follower A-WA!!!

@arielleorbach2028

4 жыл бұрын

Have you seen the Tiny Desk session with Café Tacvba ? That and this one (A-Wa) are my faves !

@a.e.rromero5403

4 жыл бұрын

Mexico has a lot of Middle Eastern influence.

@laylasmith2851

3 жыл бұрын

They have talent

If u guys like this kind of music u can check israeli band Yemen Blues great band

That last song especially was BANGIN'!!! Thats gonna be on repeat for me for some time.

i from yemen i love thes songs

I appreciate music that shares sounds that an international audience can identify with. But I REALLY love being able to understand the message or story that people from other lands are sharing about what it means to be them and what makes them who they are. Thank you A-WA and NPR

But those harmonies, though! And they're coming through with the groove on top singing about love and emotion? Yes!

@askenac7786

4 жыл бұрын

stylecollective yes! My weakness is good harmony, doesn’t matter if I understand the language or not

Tiny Desks are craaazy well produced. I've never considered listening to this music but it sounds incredible! Good vibes all round

Thank you Tiny Desk never heard of A-WA.. but will now! Lovely and upbeat, with such meaningful words. Peace and blessings to all beings.

@kingofwars9756

Жыл бұрын

تحية لكي من اليمن 😘

From yemen , I love the jews and all israeli so much .

A-WA are really killing this NPR ❤️

@fLowMage21

4 жыл бұрын

Yes yes they are

@fLowMage21

4 жыл бұрын

My suggestion is that they start looking for “Latino acoustical songs”

@fLowMage21

4 жыл бұрын

Corridos

@x332433

4 жыл бұрын

Esmael Bara you mean "is?" not "are"

@fLowMage21

4 жыл бұрын

ricky gonzaga yes thank you

The music is beautiful, just like these three sisters. Discovered their music recently and I am OBSESSED with their sound.

this mellow, funky groovy style really works with A-WA's music

Was in one of their concerts in Tel Aviv and they were awesome!

@me45116

4 жыл бұрын

Me too! they are so great live

Its different, I really like the diversity of NPR! :)

This is one of the most beautiful performances that I have ever seen. Their voices and the music blends so well.

You girls are so inspiring! Liron...My parents named my younger sister ''Netanya Liron''. We are also three sisters, our parents met in Israel. It is beautiful to see you girls creating together. Thank you!

Such a great discover. In Europe we don't know enough about arabic music, and the new artists with their new sounds open to the world. Great work! Well done!

YESSSS!!! Thank you NRP for bringing international performers and making these videos available for the world. A-WA raised my energy and brought me such joy and natural "high" since MUSIC is my "drug" of choice! GRACIAS!

This was so much more grooving than I anticipated after reading the description.

As an American, I’ve never heard of them, but I’m really digging it.

This is so much better than i was expected. I just love every song.

Now I want to learn the language to sing like that is so beautiful!!!

@heavycan2011

4 жыл бұрын

it's Arabic

Love from Egypt 🙏🏼💙💙💙

I can feel y'all music, it is sultry, rhythmic, passionate and bright. I feel it 👍

My home is in my head...

Memories of grandma😥

Thank you NPR, for bringing music around the world!

Immediately recognized the vintage Korg sound and stayed to listen ... Groovin'! (Thank you for the subtitles)

Shalom brothers and sisters. 🙏

I love the job you're doing ladies. I am glad some one in this world revives my grand father's culture. Jews has always been there to keep any culture alive! god bless you laydies just keep it up!

Thank you tiny desk for hosting such a unique and talented group. And thank you A Wa, I personally am so grateful being able to enjoy the wonderful experience of hearing such beautiful music. I will honestly say I am a fan from the first song, so gifted.

A-WA enriches the senses with it's inter-tonal qualities and fabulously zesty spirit. Thanks for this NPR!

Nice.. I lived north of Sana'a for a couple of years in my teens and I can understand 95% of their lyrics! Nice to know that jewish culture flourished in Yemen and that this generation of jews is keeping it alive.

@fweedom34

3 жыл бұрын

Jews came to Yemen around 9th century BCE or after, during the First Temple Era. Quite a long history.

I enjoyed this a lot more than I thought I would.

Love from Yemen ❤

Good to see them going international (I'm from Israel and have known about them for a while)

@EricG-bv2ui

4 жыл бұрын

they go International very often.

@klein8697

4 жыл бұрын

@@EricG-bv2ui i said I have known about them, not that I'm a true fan with an organised life

@EricG-bv2ui

4 жыл бұрын

@@klein8697 my apologies. I though you were talking about NPR not A-WA. Again my apologies for misreading your comment.

@klein8697

4 жыл бұрын

@@EricG-bv2ui no I'm talking about A-WA, I'm really bad at following artists careers, it's an all or nothing deal, either I know everything about them from the drama in the making of the album to the colour of their socks or I remember one show they had 2 years ago and like 5 songs I heard on the radio Edit: fuck it, 'death of the author' and all of that, all interpretations of my writing are valid. nobodys wrong here

@micropens

4 жыл бұрын

@@klein8697 damn why are you attacking him

Great stuff!!! Makes me miss Ofra Haza even more.

I really enjoyed this. I couldn't repeat none of this but the energy is AWESOME!! I LOVED IT!!

I love the way Tiny Desk Concerts expose me to diverse music. This is wonderful.

I'm so glad you had them on!!!! They def deserve a lot more coverage!

Fantastic performance...gorgeous vocals and tight band 😎 Thank you for the translation, it really helps to highlight the lyricism!

My god Liron is soooooo beautiful!!! 💚💜❤️ They all have such amazing voices!

It’s just crazy and thrilling to have stumbled across these wonderful ladies and their brilliant musicians on the Tube, absolutely know nothing about your culture but through your storytelling talent and joyous tunes your background is now in the foreground . Thank you

Habib gabli waya ayni agab min aybak mini Agab min aybak mini, gahil yakul wala yahni Habib galbi waya ayni, agab min aybak mini Min awal tal’at elfagari, haniq heili wasar yagri Haniq heili wasar yagri, hanik yanas wama badri Habib galbi waya ayni agab min aybak mini Habib elgalab a’ayni, sanah w’shahrin wama gani Sanah w’shahrin wama gani, yanas rahlah washagani Habib galbi waya ayni agab min aybak mini Lman ashki waifhamni lman abki wayirhamini Lman abki wayirhamini, minwu minaqum yasa’adni Habibi galbi waya ayni agab min aybak mini AL ASAD🦁 Ya sagheera Anti mudbira Gambri e'ndana Ayn ’a-tsiri min hana? Ayn 'a-tsiri min hana? Ma-agdir ajlis fi buga'ah waheda Al-adwla wasi’ah wagudrati haweesa Bayt abi hu bab mughalag Sawut ummi ma-'adush yghani Bayt - ma bish Muftah - ma bish La bakht wala bashmag - ma bish La bakht wala bashmag - ma bish La bakht wala bashmag - ma bish Ya sagheerah Anti mudbira Gambri e'ndana Ayn 'a-tsiri min hana? Ayn 'a-tsiri min hana? Ya sagheerah Anti mudbira Gambri e'ndana Ayn 'a-tsiri min hana? Ayn 'a-tsiri min hana? Wa rajaal yudkhul wa yukhreej min hayati Ana byn-adhak wa’ayuni tidma’a Alawwal kan khateeb washameh jeefa Althaani dyeg hali sa'a bashmag balya Wa al-thalith ma darany? Ma darany? Bayt - ma bish Muftah - ma bish La bakht wala bashmag - ma bish La bakht wala bashmag - ma bish La bakht wala bashmag - ma bish Ya sagheera Anti mudbira Gambri e’ndana Ayn 'a-tsiri min hana? Ayn 'a-tsiri min hana? Ya sagheera Anti mudbira Gambri e'ndana Ayn ’a-tsiri min hana? Ayn 'a-tsiri min hana? T'almat kef akhta fi turug ma'akufah Lkul mudbir beh zuwah min hageh Lkul mudbir beh rija An alshams tudhi lah alyaum althaani Ya sagheera Anti mudbira Gambri e'ndana Ayn 'a-tsiri min hana? Ayn 'a-tsiri min hana? (bayt) Ya sagheera anti mudbira (muftah) Gambri e'ndana (habib) Ayn 'a-tsiri min hana? (felus) Ayn 'a-tsiri min hana? Ya sagheera Anti mudbira Gambri e'ndana (la bakht wa la bashmag) Ayn 'a-tsiri min hana? (la bakht wa la bashmag) Ayn 'a-tsiri min hana? (habib) Ya sagheera anti mudbira (felus) Gambri e'ndana (shughla) Ayn 'a-tsiri min hana? (haj'a) Ayn 'a-tsiri min hana? 😀 😀 😀 😀

I've been waiting ever since I saw the teaser from A-WA's instagram! This was phenomenal!

Boy this song is circling in my brain for days ... I just love it 😍

Refreshing to hear this. Simply brilliant. Thanks for the post.

way better than the vast majority of "big name" chart music...if you know their backstory you know their music is also more sincere than the money-first mainstream casserole

NPR music is doing a good thing for the industry-Jerez Entertainment

איזה כיף לראות אותן סוף סוף בNPR :) Se merecen eso y más!

I’ve been grooving on A-WA for a couple months now. So excited to hear them on NPR! That was a quick video click, and they didn’t disappoint. These arrangements are even better than the album versions. A+.

Love from Boston USA. So talented❤️❤️❤️👍👍👍

Their voices in live recordings are even better than album version, wth

It's so beautiful, best of luck!

Saw them in Brussels 4 years ago in an attic. Amazing dance party back then and so so so so amazed they got here!!!!!

that rhythm section! such a satisfying groove.

Love the reggae vibe, much love from France ✌

Bless you! Muuuuch happiness and success with your music! Thanks so much. It's going directly inside myself meeting my soul.

Love this!!

I've seen you live in Aachen and was just stunned how great your music sounds. Thank you all very much!

This sounds sooo dope.

The music on the second song has a Jamaican vibe!

@1MsMoo

4 жыл бұрын

@Buddy Odell I'm definitely loving it. I'm excited to learn the language.

@1MsMoo

4 жыл бұрын

@BuddyOdell They probably wouldn’t but as an African woman I’m far pass the racial issues of this world

@shinebabyshine.

4 жыл бұрын

My fav song of the set, so groovy ✨

@1MsMoo

4 жыл бұрын

@TheTruthWillOut I DIDNT KNOW THAT

@lilianmaillot9449

4 жыл бұрын

Yes it s a reggae style

So excited to see A-WA on Tiny Desk! Love it!

OMG thank you SO MUCH for introducing me to these 3 Queens WOOOWWW I love their swag and harmonies !!!! I dont even read the subtitles bruh I just want to look at them singing, so mesmerizing !!!!

I love you guys you seriously are like spice girls of Yemen!

Thank you for providing the subtitles. These lyrics are so powerful. I wouldn't be able to understand them if not for the translation.

This is why I love Tiny Desk

100% beautiful music from the beginning to the end!!! Congrats girls!. Great, great band.