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Sep 2018
12m 36s

Jupiter & Okwess

NPR
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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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