Sierra Leone Refugee Allstars
melophobe saw Sierra Leone Refugee Allstars once, in May 2010, at Roseland Theater, Portland.
- 1 concert review with 11 photos of the band
- 1 fifty-word review of Rise & Shine
The show
May 20, 2010
Toots and the Maytals, Sierra Leone Refugee Allstars and Jujuba
Roseland Theater, Portland, OR
Words and photos by Colin McLaughlin
34 photos
11 of Sierra Leone Refugee Allstars
Fifty-word review
Buy It
For reggae mythos, there’s no beating the All Stars – other 'Fugees can’t compete. “Living Stone,” implausibly poppy and missing only its M.I.A. cameo, is further evidence happiness inversely tracks circumstance. But alongside bittersweet, island-style bliss à la Damian Marley is arid drumbeat dub – as martially dense as Marley Sr.’s “War.”