Torontoist » K’naan http://torontoist.com Torontoist is about Toronto and everything that happens in it Sat, 11 Feb 2012 15:00:59 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Urban Planner: October 1, 2010

In today's Urban Planner, Daniel Lanois talks up his Nuit Blanche project, soccer's on the Bloor's big screen, Fado Performance brings Singapore to town, Fu-GEN Theatre wants your peepers, and K'naan and Shad headline the Small World Music Festival.

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A couple of weeks ago, K’naan’s “Wavin’ Flag” took on a whole new dimension. Not because of the many weird and wonderful versions of that song which have been released in celebration of the World Cup (“Wavin’ Flag” is the tournament’s official theme), but because of a small group of determined kids in Parkdale. They’d [...]

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Fucked Up win the 2009 Polaris Music Prize (!!!) “Did they say Joel Plaskett?” Fucked Up frontman Damian Abraham giggled, half-delirious with genuine shock and excitement minutes after he and the rest of the band (drummer Jonah Falco, guitarist Mike Haliechuk, bassist Sandy Miranda, guitarist Josh Zucker, and guitarist Ben Cook) accepted the 2009 Polaris [...]

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