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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b>Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars Premiere NEW Free Song “Mother In Law” on PasteMagazine.com Today!<o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b>Announce Select North American Headlining Shows and Festival Dates<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><u>Third Album <i>
Radio Salone</i> Out April 24<sup>th</sup><o:p></o:p></u></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif""><img width="427" height="285" id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image003.jpg@01CCFDEE.75A93910" alt="SLRAS Rooftop 2 by Kisha Bari-lr"></span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">(Photo Credit:
</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Kisha Bari</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">“Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars share experiences of violence, loss and the tedium of life in the camps. But when they make music together, something unexpected
emerges: buoyant grooves and fierce optimism.” – <b><i>NPR<o:p></o:p></i></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">“…their music emanates a life-affirming positivity.” –
<b><i>BBC<o:p></o:p></i></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><i><u><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p><span style="text-decoration:none"> </span></o:p></span></u></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">“…they still have something to teach the world.” –
<b><i>Paste</i></b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The globally acclaimed<b> Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars </b>
have premiered their new song <b>“Mother In Law” on PasteMagazine.com today. </b>
It is<b> </b>the first single from their third studio album <b><i>Radio Salone</i>,
</b>set for release<b> April 24, 2012, </b>on<b> Cumbancha. </b>Head <a href="http://www.pastemagazine.com/blogs/av/2012/03/song-premiere-sierra-leones-refuge-all-stars-mothe.html">
here</a> to stream or download the track for free!<b> <o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">In other news, <b>Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars</b> – one of Africa’s most lauded and active touring bands
<b>– </b>have announced that they will be bringing their vibrant live show to North America in the coming months. The band will begin their run of select headlining shows and festival dates in
<b>San Diego, CA</b> on <b>May 18<sup>th</sup></b>, and will play the uplifting songs from
<b><i>Radio Salone</i></b> for their adoring fans from coast to coast, including stops in
<b>Kansas City, Memphis</b> and <b>Iowa City</b> and live sets at the <b>Joshua Tree Music Festival</b> on
<b>May 19<sup>th</sup></b>, the <b>TD Toronto Jazz Festival </b>on <b>July 1<sup>st</sup></b> and
<b>The Gaia Festival</b> in <b>Laytonville, CA</b> on <b>August 4<sup>th</sup></b>. The full list of dates is below.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><i>Radio Salone</i></b> was produced by roots reggae, soul and Afrobeat guru
<b>Victor Axelrod, aka Ticklah,</b> (Sharon Jones and The Dap-Kings, Amy Winehouse, Easy Star All Stars, Antibalas) and is the follow-up to the band’s 2010 album
<b><i>Rise & Shine</i></b>, which was the<b> #1 of the year on the World Music Charts Europe</b>. This album marks the band’s most musically sophisticated and virtuosic collection of songs to date, featuring a definitive vintage African vibe and intricate
dub elements that connect traditional West African sounds with roots reggae in ways that the band has never before explored.
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing">Having persevered through the horrors of the Sierra Leone civil war, band leader
<b>Reuben Koroma</b> and the group continue to evolve musically in exciting ways, well past their jam sessions in the Guinean refugee camps and the 2005 documentary that launched them onto a global platform. Their music, ever rife with hopeful messages and
joyful rhythms, has garnered them praise from the likes of the <b><i>New York Times, NPR, BBC, CNN, PBS, Billboard
</i></b>and more. They appeared on <b><i>The Oprah Winfrey Show</i></b>, opened for<b><i>
</i>Aerosmith</b> and contributed to the<b><i> Blood Diamond </i></b>film soundtrack while the likes of
<b>Paul McCartney </b>and<b> Keith Richards </b>have sung their praises. From the ashes of war,
<b>Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars</b> have risen like a phoenix and have gone on to spread hope and healing through music.
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<p class="MsoNormal">For tour updates, visit <a href="http://www.sierraleonesrefugeeallstars.com">
www.sierraleonesrefugeeallstars.com</a>.<b><u><o:p></o:p></u></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u>Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars Upcoming North American Tour Dates:<o:p></o:p></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">May 18<sup>th</sup> San Diego CA @ Anthology (headline)<br>
May 19<sup>th</sup> Joshua Tree, CA @ Joshua Tree Music Festival <br>
May 22<sup>nd</sup> Santa Fe, NM @ Santa Fe Sol (headline)<br>
May 24<sup>th</sup> Kansas City, MO @ Crossroads (with The Dirty Dozen Brass Band and Orgone)<br>
May 25<sup>th</sup> Iowa City, IA @ Englert Civic Theater (with Orgone)<br>
May 31<sup>st</sup> Memphis, TN @ Levitt Shell at Overton Park (headline)<br>
June 17<sup>th</sup> Arlington, TX @ Levitt Pavilion (headline)<br>
July 1<sup>st</sup> Toronto, ON @ TD Toronto Jazz Festival <br>
July 10<sup>th</sup> Montreal , QC @ Festival Nuits d’Afrique<br>
August 4<sup>th</sup> Laytonville, CA @ The Gaia Festival <br>
September 8<sup>th</sup> Bowling Green, OH @ Black Swamp Arts Festival<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing">For more information on <b>Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars</b>, please contact:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">Press Here<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">212-246-2640<o:p></o:p></p>
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