Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars: Radio Salone
Aug 10th, 2012 by dcronin
“[T]he album’s mix of classic sounds from across West Africa — palm wine, highlife, soukous, Afrobeat — alongside reggae, dub, and traditional Goombay drums and chants, harks back to the band members’ memories from before the war, and beyond that, to the country’s unique role in African history… It’s the strongest album yet from a band that was born in adversity but has written its own, new story.” –The Boston Globe