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Listen: a touch of Sierra Leone sunshine in Hull

Hull-based Sierra Leonean musician Cecil Jones introduces his irrepressibly sunny track, "Hull Freetown: One Family".

Cecil was born and raised in Freetown, Sierra Leone, but has lived in its twinned city of Hull since 2004. Here he explains how the city welcomed him and enabled his lifelong passion for music to endure across continents.

Hull-based musicians from across the globe are profiled during the interval of a special Radio 3 in Concert, live from the Uproot Festival in Hull, UK City of culture 2017.

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6 minutes