Busking For Change

I Read The News Today... For Aug. 25, 2010

Megafaun, Four Tet, Ohbijou, Born Ruffians, Woodpigeon, Chad VanGaalen, and Diamond Rings are among the artists who've redone tracks from The Acorn's No Ghost for a remix album called Make The Least Of The Day. It's out digitally on Sept. 14. —Paper BagBehemoth frontman Adam "Nergal" Darski came down with an illness...
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I Read The News Today... For June 15, 2010

The full lineup for this year's SappyFest, which takes place July 30 to Aug. 1 in Sackville, N.B., has been announced. —sappyfest.com The Weakerthans and Jim Bryson will perform songs from their upcoming collaborative record at the Winnipeg Folk Festival this July. —jimbryson.org CBGB Holdings LLC, which bought New York's legendary CBGB punk...
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Arkells, Protest The Hero, USS Amongst Bands Busking For Change For War Child

Asking for $30,000 from strangers in the middle of an economic crisis may seem like a lot. Chantal Kreviazuk intends to do that and use the money to build and run a youth centre in Sudan's war-torn Darfur region with help from this year's Busking For Change, a Toronto-based War Child initiative taking place on Tuesday. Busking For Change,...
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Big Names Busk For Change

More than 50 musicians will hit the streets of Toronto on Thursday as part of Busking For Change, a day-long event to raise awareness and money for War Child Canada, which provides humanitarian assistance to war-affected children around the world. The idea was inspired by Our Lady Peace frontman Raine Maida, who spent 12 hours busking on behalf...
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