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War Child Presents Heroes

By Sheena Lyonnais (CHARTattack) March 4, 2009 3:42 pm

War Child is famous for putting out creative charity compilations, but it really outdid itself this time. The organization ambitiously asked rock legends such as Bob Dylan, Stevie Wonder and Sir Paul McCartney to nominate their favourite contemporary musicians to cover one of their classics. The result is a music history lesson that comes in...

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I Read The News Today... For July 20, 2011

By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) July 20, 2011 2:42 pm

Austra's Katie Stelmanis will appear on Trans Love Energies, the first album in seven years from U.K. psych rockers Death In Vegas. It comes out Sept. 12, and Stelmanis sings on two tracks. Moby's announced a North American tour that'll take place this fall to support his recently released Destroyed album. Go see him... y'know... if you still like...

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

By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) August 25, 2010 12:48 pm

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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Our Lady Peace's Jeremy Taggart Set To Drum For Darfur

By Adam Kovac (CHARTattack) May 25, 2010 4:36 pm

Have you ever spoken to a former hippie about the 1960s? It's usually a pretty bad idea; they'll prattle on at length about how sitting around, smoking pot and banging on a darbuka ultimately ended the war, man. While hitting a drum won't change the world, it will be able to help the less fortunate this Saturday (May 29), as War Child Canada...

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Amy Millan, Simple Plan's Sebastien Lefebvre, Winter Gloves Busking For Change In Montreal

By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) March 1, 2010 3:17 pm

Stars singer Amy Millan, Simple Plan guitarist Sebastien Lefebvre, Jason Bajada and Jeremy Fisher are among the artists who will play at Montreal's Eaton Centre and two of the city's Metro stations as part of War Child Canada's Busking For Change on Tuesday (March 2). More than 20 artists will raise money for War Child at Berri-Uquam and Place...

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Radiohead, Muse, Oasis On New War Child Compilation

By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) November 20, 2009 4:25 pm

Radiohead, Beck, The Kooks, Coldplay and Oasis are among the artists that will be featured on War Child: 10, a new compilation that will be released Dec. 1 through Universal. The collection marks the 10th anniversary of War Child's founding in Canada, and features some covers of classic songs by the likes of Bob Dylan, Neil Young and others. It...

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Sloan Playing Show For War Child Canada

By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) October 9, 2009 1:47 pm

Sloan will play a benefit show at Toronto's Dakota Tavern on Oct. 19, and all proceeds will go to War Child Canada. Tickets are on sale now, and will run you $30 a pop and you can buy them through maplemusic.com. Sloan are set to perform some new songs at the gig and "fan favorites which have rarely been performed live," according to...

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Arkells, Protest The Hero, USS Amongst Bands Busking For Change For War Child

By Siobhan Ozege (CHARTattack) September 23, 2009 11:36 am

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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Rufus Covers Brian Wilson: Exclusive Listen

By CHARTattack Staff February 4, 2009 12:16 pm

We've been telling you about this aces War Child Heroes compilation that's out on March 3 for a while. Now we're going to get all next level about it and present you with the exclusive first listen to Rufus Wainwright's cover of Brian Wilson's "Wonderful/Song For Children" medley. "Wonderful" and "Song For Children...

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Pumping: War Child — Heroes Vol. 1

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By The Stereo (CHARTattack) January 30, 2009 5:12 pm

We're going to be perfectly blunt — most charity CDs are fucking awful. It's like someone has taken the notion of goodwill, sharpened it into a fine prison shank-like spot and then stabbed you in the ear about forty times. This album, however, is different. So far it's scoring a solid A+... and we've only gotten as far as the Lily Allen cover...

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Concert And Compilation Help War Child

By CHARTattack Staff January 12, 2009 1:04 pm

Blue Rodeo's Jim Cuddy and Greg Keelor will perform a War Child Canada benefit concert at Toronto's Dakota Tavern on Jan. 20. Tickets are $50 and can be purchased at the door on the night of the show. All proceeds will go to the registered charity that provides humanitarian assistance to war-affected children in some of the most devastated...

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Trews To Play War Child Event

By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) November 21, 2008 3:30 pm

The Trews will be one of several musical artists busking in support of War Child Canada in the Toronto Eaton Centre's Trinity Way on Monday. The band, along with Liam Titcomb, Shiloh, One Second 2 Late, The Apollo Effect, cast members from TV's Degrassi: The Next Generation, and Canadian Idols Kalan Porter, Brian Melo and Eva Avila will perform...

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