SIERRA LEONE'S REFUGEE ALL STARS
''LIBATION''
2014
47:46
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01 - Chaimra 03:50 (Reuben M. Koroma)
02 - Can't Make Me Lonely 03:29 (Reuben M. Koroma)
03 - It's So Sorry 04:23 (Jahson Gbassay Bull)
04 - Gbaenyama 04:38 (Dennis Bakarr Sanoh)
05 - Rich But Poor 04:38 (Reuben M. Koroma)
06 - Ghana Baby 03:04 (Reuben M. Koroma)
07 - Manjalagi 04:18 (Ashade Pearce)
08 - Maria 03:43 (Reuben M. Koroma)
09 - Money No Do 03:58 (Jahson Gbassay Bull)
10 - Treat You Right 04:10 (Alhaji Jeffrey ''Black Nature'' Kamara)
11 - Min Do Sin Tay 03:47 (Ashade Pearce)
12 - No Feel Bad O 03:46 (Jahson Gbassay Bull)
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Jahson Gbassay Bull/Clavier, Guitar, Organ (Hammond), Percussion, Piano, Vocal Harmony, Vocals
Christopher Davies/Congas, Djembe, Drums, Percussion
Elizabeth Frascoia/Trombone
Alhaji Jeffrey "Black Nature" Kamara/Congas, Drums, Ukulele, Vocals
Reuben M. Koroma/Vocals
Ashade Pearce/Guitar, Harmony, Vocal Harmony, Vocals
David Purcell/Trumpet
Dennis Bakarr Sanoh/Bass, Vocal Harmony, Vocals
Chris Velan/Banjo, Guitar, Harmonium, Melodica, Organ, Percussion, Synthesizer, Ukulele, Vocal Harmony, Xylophone
Jake Whitesell/Saxophone
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BIOGRAPHY/WIKIPEDIA
Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars (also called Refugee All Stars) is a band from Sierra Leone which was formed by a group of refugees displaced to Guinea during the Sierra Leone Civil War. Since their return to Freetown in 2004, the band has toured extensively to raise awareness for humanitarian causes. Their story is documented in the 2005 documentary film Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars.
Their debut album, Living Like a Refugee, was released in Europe on 25 September 2006 and in the US on 26 September 2006.
Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars' second studio album, Rise & Shine, was released 23 March 2010 by Cumbancha. The disc was produced by Steve Berlin of Los Lobos. The album was recorded at Piety Street Studio in New Orleans with local musicians Trombone Shorty, Washboard Chaz and Bonerama all guesting on the album.
The band's third studio album, Radio Salone, was released on 24 April 2012 by Cumbancha. The album was produced by roots reggae, soul and Afrobeat artist Victor Axelrod, aka Ticklah and recorded at Dunham Studios in Brooklyn, NY.
International recognition
The movie, albums and world tours helped expand their following, which resulted in the band performing in front of audiences of tens of thousands at New York’s Central Park SummerStage, Japan’s Fuji Rock Festival and the revered Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival. On 15 December 2006 they appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show. The All Stars also contributed a song to the Blood Diamond film soundtrack, participated in the U2 tribute album in the Name of Love: Africa Celebrates U2, and earned praise and backing from Sir Paul McCartney, Keith Richards, Ice Cube (an executive producer for the band's documentary film), Angelina Jolie and others inspired by their life-affirming story and captivating music. In one of the "most surreal moments" of their climb to fame, Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars opened for Aerosmith at the 12,000 capacity Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut.
Genre and musical style
The songs of the band fall into a number of different music styles, with some songs a fusion of more than one style. Their music has been described as having a reggae style but others have said this is incorrect and as Sierra Leone's baskeda music has a feel close to reggae, which the bands writer has commented about. Writing in The Independent Andy Morgan describes this similarity as:
“The music . . . sounds to the uneducated ear like classic Studio One reggae, a defiantly warm and good-humoured African throwback to the gorgeous harmony vocals and lilting backbeat of The Heptones, Burning Spear or Carlton and the Shores. But stylistic boundaries and lineages have long been blurred by the criss-crossing migrations of people and cultures across the Atlantic, and what sounds like reggae is in fact an age-old West-African rhythm called baskeda".
Other styles evident in the album include palm-wine and gumbe. The track Kele Mani "is lively gumbe, animated by bottle and hand-drum percussion and an ancient-sounding acoustic guitar." The influence of traditional West African music is present, for example gbute vange a style of music of Mende people in the track Pat Malonthone. These styles are overlaid on a baskeda rhythm and given a modern feel with the use of electric guitars and drums.
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''LIBATION''
2014
47:46
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01 - Chaimra 03:50 (Reuben M. Koroma)
02 - Can't Make Me Lonely 03:29 (Reuben M. Koroma)
03 - It's So Sorry 04:23 (Jahson Gbassay Bull)
04 - Gbaenyama 04:38 (Dennis Bakarr Sanoh)
05 - Rich But Poor 04:38 (Reuben M. Koroma)
06 - Ghana Baby 03:04 (Reuben M. Koroma)
07 - Manjalagi 04:18 (Ashade Pearce)
08 - Maria 03:43 (Reuben M. Koroma)
09 - Money No Do 03:58 (Jahson Gbassay Bull)
10 - Treat You Right 04:10 (Alhaji Jeffrey ''Black Nature'' Kamara)
11 - Min Do Sin Tay 03:47 (Ashade Pearce)
12 - No Feel Bad O 03:46 (Jahson Gbassay Bull)
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Jahson Gbassay Bull/Clavier, Guitar, Organ (Hammond), Percussion, Piano, Vocal Harmony, Vocals
Christopher Davies/Congas, Djembe, Drums, Percussion
Elizabeth Frascoia/Trombone
Alhaji Jeffrey "Black Nature" Kamara/Congas, Drums, Ukulele, Vocals
Reuben M. Koroma/Vocals
Ashade Pearce/Guitar, Harmony, Vocal Harmony, Vocals
David Purcell/Trumpet
Dennis Bakarr Sanoh/Bass, Vocal Harmony, Vocals
Chris Velan/Banjo, Guitar, Harmonium, Melodica, Organ, Percussion, Synthesizer, Ukulele, Vocal Harmony, Xylophone
Jake Whitesell/Saxophone
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BIOGRAPHY/WIKIPEDIA
Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars (also called Refugee All Stars) is a band from Sierra Leone which was formed by a group of refugees displaced to Guinea during the Sierra Leone Civil War. Since their return to Freetown in 2004, the band has toured extensively to raise awareness for humanitarian causes. Their story is documented in the 2005 documentary film Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars.
Their debut album, Living Like a Refugee, was released in Europe on 25 September 2006 and in the US on 26 September 2006.
Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars' second studio album, Rise & Shine, was released 23 March 2010 by Cumbancha. The disc was produced by Steve Berlin of Los Lobos. The album was recorded at Piety Street Studio in New Orleans with local musicians Trombone Shorty, Washboard Chaz and Bonerama all guesting on the album.
The band's third studio album, Radio Salone, was released on 24 April 2012 by Cumbancha. The album was produced by roots reggae, soul and Afrobeat artist Victor Axelrod, aka Ticklah and recorded at Dunham Studios in Brooklyn, NY.
International recognition
The movie, albums and world tours helped expand their following, which resulted in the band performing in front of audiences of tens of thousands at New York’s Central Park SummerStage, Japan’s Fuji Rock Festival and the revered Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival. On 15 December 2006 they appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show. The All Stars also contributed a song to the Blood Diamond film soundtrack, participated in the U2 tribute album in the Name of Love: Africa Celebrates U2, and earned praise and backing from Sir Paul McCartney, Keith Richards, Ice Cube (an executive producer for the band's documentary film), Angelina Jolie and others inspired by their life-affirming story and captivating music. In one of the "most surreal moments" of their climb to fame, Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars opened for Aerosmith at the 12,000 capacity Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut.
Genre and musical style
The songs of the band fall into a number of different music styles, with some songs a fusion of more than one style. Their music has been described as having a reggae style but others have said this is incorrect and as Sierra Leone's baskeda music has a feel close to reggae, which the bands writer has commented about. Writing in The Independent Andy Morgan describes this similarity as:
“The music . . . sounds to the uneducated ear like classic Studio One reggae, a defiantly warm and good-humoured African throwback to the gorgeous harmony vocals and lilting backbeat of The Heptones, Burning Spear or Carlton and the Shores. But stylistic boundaries and lineages have long been blurred by the criss-crossing migrations of people and cultures across the Atlantic, and what sounds like reggae is in fact an age-old West-African rhythm called baskeda".
Other styles evident in the album include palm-wine and gumbe. The track Kele Mani "is lively gumbe, animated by bottle and hand-drum percussion and an ancient-sounding acoustic guitar." The influence of traditional West African music is present, for example gbute vange a style of music of Mende people in the track Pat Malonthone. These styles are overlaid on a baskeda rhythm and given a modern feel with the use of electric guitars and drums.
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