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The Refugee All Stars (of Sierra Leone) @ SXSW | Playing Summerstage
"Six men forced from their homes by violence in Sierra Leone have transformed their experience into a musical calling. The Refugee All Stars are now the subject of a feature-length documentary that follows their performances in refugee camps, and their eventual return to war-ravaged Freetown. The documentary just won the Grand Jury Prize at the AFI Festival in Los Angeles." [NPR]
REFUGEE ALL STARS ON THE STREET @ SXSW 2006
It was Saturday night (March 18, 2006) in Austin. I think I was walking on 6th Street towards Congress to eventually catch a cab that would bring me to a latenight show at a store called Factory People. Along the way I passed The Refugee All Stars playing on the street. In June they're playing Central Park Summerstage.
TOUR DATES
Fri 06/23/06 New York, NY Central Park SummerStage
Sat 07/01/06 Montreal, QC Spectrum De Montreal
Sat 07/29/06 Nigata, JPN Naeba Ski Resort
Buy and listen to their CD @ CDBABY
Posted on March 30, 2006 3:30 PM
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Comments (5)
they actually just got added to bonnaroo as well
Posted by Anonymous | March 30, 2006 4:20 PM
They inspired an impressive dance-off right outside the Driskill, if I do recall.
Posted by Snippety Crickets | March 30, 2006 5:18 PM
anyone know about the documentary about these guys... NPR did a story on it and it looks good. but i have no clue if and when it is playing in the city.
Posted by Anonymous | March 31, 2006 1:02 AM
i meant "sounded good," not "looked good" because you can't see anything on the radio, right?
Posted by Anonymous | March 31, 2006 7:02 AM
hi all... just saw the documentary with 800 others here in toronto last night. It went off! Wow. I had been waiting to see it for a while and i'm glad i did. Don't want to spoil it for you... go and see it!
Posted by raven | April 6, 2006 12:54 PM