News Archives: March 2010

Young Artists for Haiti Release Charity Anthem

March 11, 2010

More than 50 Canadian musicians lend their voices to single.

Watch the video here!

A constellation of more than 50 Canadian stars – including Jim Cuddy – gathered in Vancouver’s The Warehouse Studio last month to record a song in aid of the victims of the Haiti earthquake. Spearheaded by legendary music producer Bob Ezrin and three-time 2010 Juno Award nominee K’naan under the banner Young Artists for Haiti, the song and video – a brand new rendition of K’naan’s “Wavin’ Flag” – will be available for sale wherever music is sold digitally as of Friday, March 12 at 12:01am ET. All proceeds from the sale of the single will go to Free The Children, War Child Canada and World Vision Canada in support of their on-the-ground efforts in Haiti.

“I’m honoured to have experienced the soulful energies of so many talented individuals who contributed their voices and expertise to ‘Wavin’ Flag’,” says K’naan. “The unity and spirit of everyone involved in the recording reminds us that we all share in the responsibility to help. We can’t let the situation in Haiti fall off the public’s agenda.”

You can support this worthy cause by purchasing the single right here.

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Juno Nomination!

March 3, 2010

junoIt was announced during an earlier press conference today that Blue Rodeo has been nominated for a Juno award in the Group of the Year category!

And just to be sure that the band will be on hand to accept their award should they win, Blue Rodeo will also be performing on the televised event.

Also special congratulations to Darryl Neudorf who was nominated in the Engineer of the Year category for his work on The Things We Left Behind.

JUNO Week takes place April 12-18, 2010, in St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador, culminating in the live broadcast of THE 2010 JUNO AWARDS, Sunday, April 18 on CTV.

And in other great news, Blue Rodeo has entered the Top Ten on the Americana Music Association playlist! Check out the full list here!

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