*Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars Announce Additional North American Tour Dates*

[Carla Senft]

Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars Announce Additional North American Tour Dates
Including the Highline Ballroom in New York City June 29th

Free Single “Mother In Law” Available Now!

Third Album Radio Salone Out April 24th

[SLRAS Rooftop 2 by Kisha Bari-lr]
(Photo Credit: Kisha Bari)


“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.” – NPR



“…their music emanates a life-affirming positivity.” – BBC



“…they still have something to teach the world.” – Paste

On the heels of unveiling new song “Mother In Law” on PasteMagazine.com earlier this month (now available for free download here<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXSWe0V4VMA>), globally acclaimed Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars have just announced additional North American tour dates. The band’s third studio album Radio Salone will be released April 24, 2012, on Cumbancha. The beloved group, one of Africa’s most lauded and active touring bands, will be bringing their joyful live shows to crowds from coast to coast from mid-May through mid-September, playing headlining dates and making a series of festival appearances. Newly announced dates include Summer Camp Music Festival 2012 in Chillocothe, IL and Rochester International Jazz Festival in Rochester, NY as well as headlining shows in Phoenix, AZ, Colorado Springs, CO, Burlington, VT and a New York City show at the Highline Ballroom on June 29th. The full list of dates is below with more shows to be announced to be announced soon.

Additionally, the band will perform on April 18th aboard the National Geographic Explorer when the ship docks in the Sierra Leone capital of Freetown, part of an incredible expedition along the entire western coast of Africa.


Radio Salone was produced by roots reggae, soul and Afrobeat guru Victor Axelrod, aka Ticklah, (Sharon Jones and The Dap-Kings, Amy Winehouse, Easy Star All Stars, Antibalas) and is the follow-up to the band’s 2010 album Rise & Shine, which was the #1 of the year on the World Music Charts Europe.  This album marks the band’s most musically sophisticated and virtuosic collection of songs to date, featuring a 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. After persevering through the horrors of the Sierra Leone civil war, a 2005 documentary skyrocketed the band to a global platform. Since then they have garnered praise from the likes of the New York Times, NPR, BBC, CNN, PBS, Billboard and more. They appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show, opened for Aerosmith and contributed to the Blood Diamond film soundtrack while the likes of Paul McCartney and Keith Richards have sung their praises.

For tour updates, visit www.sierraleonesrefugeeallstars.com<http://www.sierraleonesrefugeeallstars.com>.

Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars North American Tour Dates:
*Newly announced dates in bold

May 18th               San Diego CA @ Anthology (headline)
May 19th               Joshua Tree, CA @ Joshua Tree Music Festival
May 20th              Phoenix, AZ @ MIM-Musical Instrument Museum (headline)
May 22nd              Santa Fe, NM @ Santa Fe Sol  (headline)
May 24th               Kansas City, MO @ Crossroads (with The Dirty Dozen Brass Band and Orgone)
May 25th               Iowa City, IA @ Englert Civic Theater (with Orgone)
May 26th              Chillocothe, IL @ Summer Camp Music Festival 2012
May 31st               Memphis, TN @ Levitt Shell at Overton Park (headline)
June 11th              Colorado Springs CO, Armstrong Quad (headline)
June 17th              Arlington, TX @ Levitt Pavilion (headline)
June 22nd             Kennett Square PA, Longwood Gardens (headline)
June 29th              New York, NY @ Highline Ballroom  (headline)
June 30th              Rochester, NY @ Rochester International Jazz Festival
July 1st                   Toronto,  ON @ TD Toronto Jazz Festival
July 7th                  South Burlington, VT @ Higher Ground (headline)
July 10th                Montreal , QC @ Festival Nuits d’Afrique
August 4th            Laytonville, CA @ The Gaia Festival
Sept 7th                Columbus, OH @ BiCentennial Park Performing Arts Pavilion
Sept 8th                 Bowling Green, OH @ Black Swamp Arts Festival

For more information on Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars, please contact:

Press Here

212-246-2640

Carla Senft

carla at pressherepublicity.com<mailto:carla at pressherepublicity.com>


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