The Refugee All Stars are survivors. Escaping from the horrors of civil war in Sierra Leone, they fled to a refugee camp across the border in Guinea, but here they were attacked once again and forced to move on. They formed a band to raise their morale, and became internationally known, thanks to an award-winning documentary about their remarkable history. Their first album, six years ago, was an uplifting affair but was followed by a sadly sub-standard London concert that suggested they might enjoy only brief success in the west. But they kept going, and developed a style that matches cheerfully upbeat reggae with lilting African guitar pop, chanting, percussive traditional styles, and multilingual social comment. This new album was mostly recorded in Freetown, Sierra Leone and in New Orleans, where local musicians added brass and harmonica to the Refugees' guitars and harmony singing on the reggae morality tales, Global Threat and Gbrr Mani (Trouble). Even more encouraging are the traditional Bute Vange, recorded at a festival in Japan, and the acoustic reggae of Watching All Your Ways, recorded around a campfire in Canada, which suggest that this much-travelled band are now far more impressive playing live.