Bloc Party, Usher Part Of Twestival

02/05/09 2:01pm

Bloc Party, David Usher, The Rakes and Mystery Jets have donated songs to be streamed online to help raise money for Twitter's global charity, Twestival.

Imogen Heap, Bonde Do Role, Howard Jones and The Young Punx are among the other acts who've donated more than 160 songs that can be streamed at Twestival.fm in exchange for a donation to Charity: Water, which tries to provide clean and safe water in developing nations. The tracks will be available on the site until Feb. 19.

The goal is to raise $20,000 U.S., and $306 had been culled as of the time this article was written.

More than 200 cities around the world will host Twestivals to raise money for Charity: Water on Feb. 12. The complete list, and more details about each event, can be found here.

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