Ruben Koroma, founder of Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars, talks with DJ about the band’s Vermont connections, and their upcoming gig this Saturday, July 7, at Higher Ground in South Burlington.

LONDON, United Kingdom, December 5 (UNHCR) - The Refugee All Stars are in great demand these days, but the group of Sierra Leonean musicians had not forgotten their pasts when they kicked off a small ...

GENEVA, July 3 (UNHCR) - The acclaimed Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars band paid their first visit to the Geneva headquarters of the UN refugee agency on Tuesday and had staff dancing in the atrium ...

GDYNIA, Poland, July 29 (Reuters) - It's a long way from the refugee camps of Africa to Poland's balmy Baltic coast, but for Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars, the message is still the same. Sign up ...

Summer isn't over yet. Bombino and Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars are each touring now across the US & Canada and chances are one or both will be performing near you. Here's a guide to upcoming ...

It’s hard to think of a more harrowing inspiration for a band than that of Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars. The West African group met in a Guinean refugee camp after fleeing the brutal, decade-long ...

Eastern Kentucky University’s new Center for the Performing Arts will not open for another year, but it will stage its first concert on Sunday. The Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars (SLRAS) perform in ...

The Living Traditions festival is all about celebrating the diversity of Salt Lake City, and while the artwork and food endemic to the event offer appealing ways to explore ...

When this group first burst on the scene, it was difficult to figure out which was more compelling—their harrowing survival of Sierra Leone’s brutal civil war and their unlikely coming together in a ...