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Celebrating Sanctuary 2008 - Launching Refugee Week With The Noisettes

SANCTUARY STAGE - hosted by DJ Ritu (BBC London 94.9 FM)

Headlining the festivals main stage are the Noisettes, one of the most unconventional and imaginative bands in modern rock, who perfectly articulate some of the points the festival is making. Their hugely talented vocalist and bass player Shingai Shoniwa is of Zimbabwean heritage - Zimbabwe has been decimated in the past few years and many Zimbabwean have had to seek refuge abroad. An effervescent actress and ex-choirgirl from a Zimbabwean single mother and the niece of one of the Bhundu Boys, London-born Shingai sings like Billie Holiday on PCP while patrolling the stage like an Amazonian Warrior with an eye for fashion. Together with guitarist Dan Smith and drummer Jamie Morrison, they have been burning up stages from Tokyo to NYC with their ragged but energetic garage-influenced indie rock with the ferocity of punk but with a soulful, bluesy edge (AllMusic.com). The band is currently working on new material for the follow up of What's the Time Mr. Wolf?, their 2007 debut album.
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