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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars Premiere New Album ‘<i>Radio Salone’</i> on Popmatters.com Today<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Out April 24<sup>th</sup> on Cumbancha<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif""><img width="798" height="148" id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image002.jpg@01CD1C87.9C0972C0" alt="SLRAS_portraits_web_by_Kisha_Bari.jpg"></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: Kisha Bari)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">“<i>Radio Salone</i> feels like everything good about radio…the excitement of being glued to the dial waiting for what they’re bringing next, with fresh-familiar references—reggae,
tenory soukous guitar, West African majesty—and that thing that makes this everyone’s music. These tracks don’t strive for perfection but achieve it anyway, in their honesty and ease.”
<b>–<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Electronic Musician</i></b></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><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>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Globally acclaimed and beloved African band <b>Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars
</b>have debuted their new album <b><i>Radio Salone</i></b> on <b>Popmatters.com</b>
<b>today, April 17<sup>th</sup></b>. Hear it <a href="http://www.popmatters.com/pm/post/157398-sierra-leones-refugee-all-stars-radio-salone-popmatters-album-premie/">
here</a> exclusively before it is released on <b>April 24<sup>th</sup></b> via <b>
Cumbancha</b>. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Beginning <b>May 18<sup>th</sup></b> in <b>San Diego</b>, the band will embark on an extensive three-month North American tour bringing their joyous live shows Stateside for headlining dates and a series of festival appearances. The full
list of tour dates is below, including a newly announced <b>Chicago </b>show on <b>
June 2<sup>nd</sup></b> at <b>Mayne Stage</b>.<i><o:p></o:p></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b>Radio Salone</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>Rise & Shine</b>, which was the<b> #1 of the year on the World Music Charts Europe</b>. 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. Their third album
<b><i>Radio Salone</i></b> is their most virtuosic collection of songs to date, featuring a vintage African vibe and dub elements that connect traditional West African sounds with roots reggae in a way that the band has never before explored.
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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 North American Tour Dates:<o:p></o:p></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>*Newly announced dates in bold<o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<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 20<sup>th</sup> Phoenix, AZ @ MIM-Musical Instrument Museum (headline)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">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 26<sup>th</sup> Chillocothe, IL @ Summer Camp Music Festival 2012
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May 31<sup>st</sup> Memphis, TN @ Levitt Shell at Overton Park (headline)<br>
<b>June 2<sup>nd</sup> Chicago, IL @ Mayne Stage (headlining)</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">June 11<sup>th</sup> Colorado Springs CO, Armstrong Quad (headline)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">June 17<sup>th</sup> Arlington, TX @ Levitt Pavilion (headline)<br>
June 22<sup>nd</sup> Kennett Square PA, Longwood Gardens (headline)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">June 29<sup>th</sup> New York, NY @ Highline Ballroom (headline)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">June 30<sup>th</sup> Rochester, NY @ Rochester International Jazz Festival
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">July 1<sup>st</sup> Toronto, ON @ TD Toronto Jazz Festival
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">July 7<sup>th</sup> South Burlington, VT @ Higher Ground (headline)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">July 10<sup>th</sup> Montreal , QC @ Festival Nuits d’Afrique<br>
August 4<sup>th</sup> Laytonville, CA @ The Gaia Festival <br>
<b>August 18<sup>th</sup> Boise, ID @ Tour de Fat</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Sept 7<sup>th</sup> Columbus, OH @ BiCentennial Park Performing Arts Pavilion
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<p class="MsoNormal">Sept 8<sup>th</sup> Bowling Green, OH @ Black Swamp Arts Festival<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">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>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">Carla Senft<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><a href="mailto:carla@pressherepublicity.com">carla@pressherepublicity.com</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium","sans-serif";color:purple">Carla Senft</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium","sans-serif";color:purple">138 West 25th Street, 9th Floor</span><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium","sans-serif";color:purple">New York, New York 10001</span><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium","sans-serif";color:purple">Phone: 212-246-2640</span><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium","sans-serif";color:purple">Fax: 212-582-6513</span><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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