An Intimate Evening with Sarah McLachlan and K'NAAN @ Massey Hall, Toronto, ON - Thurs Sept 20th!

The third annual Canada’s Walk of Fame Festival is five days of music, comedy and film featuring some of Canada’s most popular and iconic performers. The Festival is held at a variety of venues in downtown Toronto including Nathan Phillips Square, featuring many free performances. Audiences will enjoy a broad range of events, from Canada’s most celebrated performers to exciting emerging artists breaking out onto the world stage.

Eight-time JUNO Award winner Sarah McLachlan makes her Festival debut alongside 2011 Canada’s Walk of Fame Festival headliner K’naan. Her ethereal vocals and signature piano sound have made Sarah McLachlan a mainstay in pop music for the last 20 years.

K’naan will take the Massey Hall stage at this year’s Festival in support of his new full-length album Country, God or the Girl. With singles, “Is There Anybody Out There?,” featuring Nelly Furtado, and collaborations with the likes of Nas, Bono, Will.I.Am, Keith Richards, and B.O.B, this 3-time JUNO Award-winner has proven he has what it takes, to keep pounding out billboard hits, like the chart-topping international anthem “Wavin Flag”, from his breakthrough album Troubadour.

September 20, 2012 @ 8:00 pm
Tickets: $59.00 - $149.00
Location:  Massey Hall, 178 Victoria Street Toronto, Ontario

For tickets visit:  http://roythomson.com/eventdetail/1163

K'Naan Live @ David Pecaut Square, Toronto, ON - Fri Jun 8th!

 

National Bank First Night: K’NAAN with Kae Sun
KAE SUN (8:00 PM)
Sharing Luminato’s opening night is another remarkable young Canadian whose roots have helped shape both his world view and his distinctive sound. Described as a “poetic observer of the human experience,” singer-songwriter Kae Sun began performing in his native Ghana before immigrating to Canada in his teens. Blending folk, soul and hip-hop, he released his debut album, Lion on a Leash, to widespread acclaim. For the follow-up EP Outside the Barcode, Kae Sun returned to his homeland for artistic inspiration, seeking, as posted on his website, “a sense of community and authenticity… to create a more shared listening experience.”

K’NAAN (9:00 PM)
Eminem meets Gil Scott-Heron in the music of Somali-Canadian sensation K’NAAN. Singer, songwriter, rapper, poet and instrumentalist, K’NAAN earned worldwide recognition in 2010 when his song “Wavin’ Flag” was adopted as Coca-Cola’s theme song for the 2010 FIFA World Cup campaign and went on to become an international chart-topper.

Born in Somalia and raised amidst the turmoil of civil war, he arrived in Toronto with his mother and three siblings in 1991, learning English from hip-hop albums. In 1999, K’NAAN was invited to speak before the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. His moving speech, critical of the UN’s failures in Somalia, proved particularly inspiring to one audience member, globally celebrated Senegalese singer Youssou N’Dour, who subsequently helped launch K’NAAN’s music career. He made his recording debut in 2004 with the bestselling My Life Is a Movie, followed by three more hit albums, The Dusty Foot Philosopher, The Dusty Foot on the Road and Troubadour, and has toured and collaborated with Mos Def, Will.i.am and Nelly Furtado.

Earlier this year, he released the EP More Beautiful Than Silence, featuring guest appearances by Furtado and Nas. His latest album, Country, God or the Girl, will be released summer 2012. Don’t miss this rare opportunity to experience for free an emerging superstar whose singular sound has been described as a fusion of “Bob Marley, conscious American hip-hop and brilliant protest poetry.”

Evening and Kae Sun introduction by Dwight Drummond and Anne-Marie Mediwake 
Co-hosts of CBC News Toronto 
K’NAAN concert introduction by Matt Galloway
Host of CBC Toronto’s Metro Morning 

Location:  David Pecaut Square, Festival Stage, 55 John Street, Toronto, ON


More info:  http://www.luminato.com/events/firstnight/

Canada's Walk of Fame Festival presents K'naan w/Bedouin Soundclash @ Massey Hall, Toronto, ON - Sat Oct 1st!

On Saturday, October 1, two JUNO Award-winning Canadian artists, K’naan with very special guest Bedouin Soundclash and Adam Cohen, join the musical lineup for Canada’s Walk of Fame Festival.

Ticket prices: $29.00 - $59.00

Location: Massey Hall, 178 Victoria Street, Toronto, ON

Time: 8:00pm

http://www.cwofest.ca/act/195

K'naan Live @ The Kool Haus, Toronto, ON - Fri Oct 1st!

K'Naan
Kool Haus
132 Queen's Quay E., Toronto, ON
Toronto, ON
Fri, Oct 1, 2010 08:00 PM

GENERAL ADMISSION
CA $43.00

Visit: http://www.ticketmaster.ca