Refugee All stars on NPR
The band is composed of 6 men in sierra leone, forced out of their homes because of the civil war there.
Feature on Weekend Edition NPR: Listen here to the interview of Zach Niles the producer of a documentary that followed the refugee all stars as they performed. There are also 3 clips of songs, “Living Like a refugee”, “Soda Soap” and “Mental Slavery”.
Reuben Koroma said that their music is like medicine to those with troubles. The few snippets of music i heard on the program and online are very touching.
Zach Niles mentioned that when reporting or speaking about war, not much attention is paid to the effects of war on people’s pysche. He pointed to the fact that music – the universal language is a very important form of dealing with the ravages of war.
For documentary details please click here
For CD by Refugee All Stars, click here While you are at CD baby, if you do not have a copy of Eric Wainana’s CD, its also available. [Eric Wainaina is one of the pre-eminent musicians in Kenya, to me his music is synonymous with the art of kenyan democracy].
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JJRAY December 5th, 2005 at 9:53 pm
Irene and I caught them on NPR while driving. Sounds like very old reggae to me (which is a compliment in my book). Amazing how the people keep their spirits up despite so much misery.