Songs of hope
Albany Times Union, NY
August 9, 2007
In a refugee camp, Sierra Leone All Stars
discover their sound and are discovered...
...The All Stars can be heard on the recent two-CD Amnesty International benefit compilation of John Lennon songs, "Instant Karma: The Campaign to Save Darfur," alongside such pop and rock superstars as U2, R.E.M., Green Day and Christina Aguilera. Fittingly, the song they sing is Lennon's classic anthem, "Give Peace a Chance," which found them in the studio collaborating with Aerosmith.
"Steven Tyler and Joe Perry were so very generous to us," says Koroma. "They took us into their recording studio, and they treated us like brothers." Perry also joined the band on a new recording of U2's "Seconds," to be featured on an upcoming compilation of African artists performing songs from U2's catalog....
August 9, 2007
In a refugee camp, Sierra Leone All Stars
discover their sound and are discovered...
...The All Stars can be heard on the recent two-CD Amnesty International benefit compilation of John Lennon songs, "Instant Karma: The Campaign to Save Darfur," alongside such pop and rock superstars as U2, R.E.M., Green Day and Christina Aguilera. Fittingly, the song they sing is Lennon's classic anthem, "Give Peace a Chance," which found them in the studio collaborating with Aerosmith.
"Steven Tyler and Joe Perry were so very generous to us," says Koroma. "They took us into their recording studio, and they treated us like brothers." Perry also joined the band on a new recording of U2's "Seconds," to be featured on an upcoming compilation of African artists performing songs from U2's catalog....
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