Michael Franti & Spearhead

July 14, 2006 • 7 p.m.

In 1994, Michael Franti formed Spearhead, a band rooted in hip hop and '70s funk; their debut Home was followed in 1997 by Chocolate Supa Highway and Stay Humans in 2000. Franti spans the personal and political with grace, depth and beauty with his newest release Everyone Deserves Music. His affirming lyrics are now set to appropriately swelling rock chords while keeping a 21st century world-wise groove, nodding towards reggae, dancehall, bossa nova, Afrobeat and funk.

The Refugee All Stars of Sierra Leone

July 14, 2006 • 7 p.m.

The band's story is documented in the film, The Refugee All Stars, which premiered at the AFI Los Angeles Film Festival in November 2005 and took home the award for the best documentary. The Refugee All Stars are comprised of Sierra Leonean musicians who lived for years as refugees in the West African nation of Guinea. All of the members of the band lived in or around Sierra Leone's capital city, Freetown, before a rebel war in 1999 forced a panicked mass exodus to neighboring countries. Born in the Kalia Refugee Camp in 2001, The Refugee All Stars began writing original music on impossibly worn instruments and performing for their fellow refugees.

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