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A handful of other acts are familiar because they graced the stages at Boston Calling barely two months ago. Hip-hop legends Public Enemy will return to New England, as well as alt-pop peacock
And while Mon Rovîa lives in Chattanooga these days, the singer-songwriter is one example of the breadth of global talent coming to Newport this weekend. Born in Liberia 'into a civil war, escaping the life of a child soldier, rescued by the hands of missionaries,' as he explains on his Bandcamp page, the artist's Afro-Appalachian folk is a bridge between cultures and continents.
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