Song for Africa - Rwanda: Rises Up! is a Canadian charity album by the Song for Africa

Song for Africa

Song for Africa is a Canadian non-profit organization founded in 2006 by music and movie producer Darcy Ataman. The organization is founded on the belief that music has the power to create sustainable change in the developing world. It specializes in giving people the opportunity to give a voice...

 organization. The album is an accompanying soundtrack to the charity fund's latest Rwanda

Rwanda

Rwanda or , officially the Republic of Rwanda , is a country in central and eastern Africa with a population of approximately 11.4 million . Rwanda is located a few degrees south of the Equator, and is bordered by Uganda, Tanzania, Burundi and the Democratic Republic of the Congo...

 documentary which documents the visit to Rwanda by the Canadian super group of Steve Bays of Hot Hot Heat

Hot Hot Heat

Hot Hot Heat is a Canadian indie rock band formed in 1999 from Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.-Career:Dustin Hawthorne and Steve Bays had been in many different bands together since 1995 and met Hawley in 1998. In 1999, Hawley bought a Juno 6 keyboard and asked Bays to try playing it, as no one...

, Tim Edwards

Crash Parallel

Crash Parallel is an alternative band from Mississauga, Ontario, Canada who have been compared to Lifehouse, Counting Crows, the Fray, Coldplay, and David Gray. Their debut album, World We Know, was released May 6, 2008 and includes the first single and title track, "World We...

 of Crash Parallel

Crash Parallel

Crash Parallel is an alternative band from Mississauga, Ontario, Canada who have been compared to Lifehouse, Counting Crows, the Fray, Coldplay, and David Gray. Their debut album, World We Know, was released May 6, 2008 and includes the first single and title track, "World We...

, Sarah Slean

Sarah Slean

Sarah Hope Slean is a Canadian singer-songwriter, musician, poet, and occasional actress from Pickering, Ontario. She has released eleven albums to date .-Major recordings:...

, Damhnait Doyle

Damhnait Doyle

Damhnait Doyle [DAV-net] is a Canadian pop singer. The phonetic spelling of her first name also serves as the title of her 2003 album. Her most recent album, Lights Down Low, is a collection of covers...

 and John-Angus MacDonald

John-Angus MacDonald

John-Angus MacDonald John-Angus MacDonald John-Angus MacDonald (born November 12 in Antigonish, Nova Scotia is a Canadian musician who is best known as the lead guitarist for the rock group The Trews. His brother Colin is also a member of the group, as is his cousin Sean Dalton....

 of the Trews

The Trews

The Trews are a Canadian rock band from Antigonish, Nova Scotia, consisting of vocalist Colin MacDonald, guitarist John-Angus MacDonald, bassist Jack Syperek, and drummer Sean Dalton...

. Other Canadian artists featured on the album include Ian D'Sa

Ian D'Sa

Ian Michael D'Sa is the guitarist for the Canadian band Billy Talent.-Early life and career:Ian's family moved from the UK to Canada when he was 3 years old. He is of Indian Goan descent and grew up in Mississauga, Ontario learning guitar at the age of 13...

 of Billy Talent

Billy Talent

Billy Talent is a Canadian post-hardcore band from Streetsville, Ontario. They formed in 1993 with Ben Kowalewicz as the lead vocalist, Ian D'Sa on lead guitar, bassist Jon Gallant and drummer Aaron Solowoniuk ....

, Operation M.D., Classified

Classified (rapper)

Luke Boyd , professionally known as Classified, is a Canadian rapper and producer from Enfield, Nova Scotia.-Career:...

, Luke McMaster

Luke McMaster

Luke Mcmaster is a Canadian singer, songwriter and musician.With a lifelong commitment to music, McMaster experienced early success as one half of a music duo from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, McMaster and James, named after McMaster and his performing partner, Rob James. Despite initial success,...

, Mike Boyd, White Mic and Grand Analog

Grand Analog

Grand Analog is a Canadian hip hop band, formed in 2006 and fronted by Odario Williams. The group was conceived as a project combining R&B, jazz, reggae and rock influences into a hip hop style performed mainly on live instruments instead of digital electronics....

.

The album was recorded in early 2010, and was released on iTunes

ITunes

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 only on June 22, 2010, following the release of the documentary on June 17, 2010.

Track listing