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Knaan Announces Summer Festival Dates, Including Bonnaroo, Lollapalooza, & All Points West

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2008-05-05 01:08:40 by bigced in The Hip Hop Cosign
...Knaan released an ambitious summer concert schedule today. Comprised of the biggest festivals in the US and Canada, Knaan will play to a diverse group of fans across North America. The festivals range in scope from alternative to jam band to folk to hip-hop The first summer date will find Knaan at alternative music / jam band oriented...
 
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Knaan - Strugglin

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2008-04-29 03:35:46 by bigced in The Hip Hop Cosign
...Knaans album The Dusty Foot Philosopher Deluxe Edition . Unlike the vibrant and percussive first single Soobax, this song gently soaks into your speakers like a mellow lullaby. Backed by a band usually fit for a singer-songwriter, not a hip-hop artist, the song incorporates soft guitars, drums and bass that set a quiet, pensive mood. Showing...
 
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Global Hip-Hop Artist Knaan To Release Award-Winning Album in U.S. For The First Time

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2008-03-26 20:31:15 by bigced in The Hip Hop Cosign
...Knaan , global hip-hop artist, is set to release his critically acclaimed album, The Dusty Foot Philosopher , for the first time in the U.S. Originally released in Canada, the album received a Juno Award for Best Rap Recording of the Year and was the BBC 3 Winner for Best New Artist, World Music. The American version of the album features...
 
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K'naan - "Strugglin'"

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2008-04-28 23:30:00 by BIG CED in Everything BIG CED
...Knaan/Knaan-Strugglin.mp3 http://www.audibletreats.com/download/Knaan/Knaan-Strugglin.asx Soobax http://www.audibletreats.com/download/Knaan/Knaan-Soobax.mp3 http://www.audibletreats.com/download/Knaan/Knaan-Soobax.asx Photo Montage http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rkdoZLtTso
 
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K'naan Announces Summer Festival Dates, Including Bonnaroo, Lollapalooza, & All Points West

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2008-05-04 21:05:00 by BIG CED in Everything BIG CED
...Knaan/Knaan-Strugglin.mp3 http://www.audibletreats.com/download/Knaan/Knaan-Strugglin.asx Soobax http://www.audibletreats.com/download/Knaan/Knaan-Soobax.mp3 http://www.audibletreats.com/download/Knaan/Knaan-Soobax.asx Photo Montage http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rkdoZLtTso K'naan MySpace page http://www.myspace.com/knaanmusic K'naan...
 
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K'naan, the dusty footed rapper

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2008-06-05 18:03:00 by S A Stevens in SoundRoots World Music & Global Culture
...Knaan raps so smoothly, youd think he grew up deep in the heart of US hip hop culture. In truth, he hails from the streets of Mogadishu, Somalia. And like Sudanese rapper Emmanuel Jal (about whom we've written much recently), he has learned the language of hip hop fluently, yet he comes at his music from a unique cultural and musical...
 
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Global Hip-Hop Artist K'naan To Release Award-Winning Album in U.S. For The First Time

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2008-03-26 16:29:00 by BIG CED in Everything BIG CED
...Knaans family moved to Harlem after catching the last domestic flight out of Somalia, and eventually settled in Ontario, Canada. On The Dusty Foot Philosopher K'naan writes about daily life in Somalia, the warlords that run his country, and the scourge of violence that has blighted much of Africa. Despite the violence K'naan has experienced,...
 
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Beck, Wilco, others join Outside Lands bill; tickets on sale Sunday

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2008-03-24 22:41:10 by Jim in The Concert Blog
Full press release as follows OUTSIDE LANDS ANNOUNCES ARTIST LINEUP FOR INAUGURAL EVENT BECK, WILCO, MANU CHAO, BEN HARPER, WIDESPREAD PANIC, PRIMUS, RODRIGO Y GABRIELA, STEVE WINWOOD, DEVENDRA BANHART, SHARON JONES AND THE DAP-KINGS, BLACK MOUNTAIN, DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS, GALACTIC AND BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE AND MANY OTHER ARTISTS JOIN PREVIOUSLY...
 
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Radiohead, Nine Inch Nails, Kanye West Lead Full Lollapalooza Lineup

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2008-04-07 13:02:24 by Rolling Stone in Rolling Stone : Rock and Roll Daily
...KNAAN Serena Ryder Newton Faulkner Your Vegas Eli Paperboy Reed & The True Loves Steel Train Bang Camaro The Blakes Tally Hall White Lies Magic Wands Electric Touch Innerpartysystem The Postelles The Parlor Mob Bald Eagle Krista Ha Ha Tonka Witchcraft We Go To 11 Sofia Talvik Photo: Getty
 
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