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Juno Awards Affiliated Music Education Charity Announces Funding to 78 Schools

Juno Awards Affiliated Music Education Charity Announces Funding to 78 Schools MusiCounts' students with brass instruments — photo provided by Strut. Canada’s MusiCounts music education charity will distribute $874,500 in musical instruments and equipment to 78 schools schools across Canada as part of the latest funding round of its Band Aid Program.…

MusiCounts Launches Hip Hop and Social Justice Resource For Schools

MusiCounts Launches Hip Hop and Social Justice Resource For Schools Graphic provided by MusiCounts.Canadian music education charity MusiCounts, an arm of the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences which presents the Juno Awards, has launched a new resource called #BlackMusicMatters: Hip-Hop & Social Justice in Canada. The listening and…

INTERVIEW: D.O.A.'s Joe Keithley To Ramp Up Harmony for All Musical Instrument Program

INTERVIEW: D.O.A.'s Joe Keithley To Ramp Up Harmony for All Musical Instrument Program Joe Keithley, ahead of a musical instrument donation drive last month at Burnaby City Hall — photo credit: FacebookMusician turned politician Joe Keithley initiated the Harmony for All musical instrument lending program in Burnaby, B.C. in 2019, but it will kick…

WATCH: JP Saxe Announces $500K from MusiCounts TD Community Music Program

WATCH: JP Saxe Announces $500K from MusiCounts TD Community Music Program JP Saxe made the MusiCounts announcement — photo credit: screenshot. Canadian music education charity MusiCounts enlisted "If The World Was Ending" hitmaker JP Saxe to  announced the recipients of their $500,000 donation to 33 different community organizations across Canada from…

Q&A: The Sheepdogs Bassist Goes Into Detail About $150K Charitable Pledge

Q&A: The Sheepdogs Bassist Goes Into Detail About $150K Charitable Pledge The Sheepdogs — photo credit: Mat Dunlap.Saskatoon rock band The Sheepdogs will donate a minimum of $15,000 annually over the next 10 years to help support and highlight various local charities, with a particular focus on organizations that benefit Indigenous people in the…

Conor Gains Limited Vinyl EP To Support MusiCounts For Record Store Day Canada June 12

Conor Gains Limited Vinyl EP To Support MusiCounts For Record Store Day Canada June 12 Conor Gains — photo by Ryan FaistInnovative blues-soul musician Conor Gains will be releasing a special version of his Three EP for Record Store Day Canada with the proceeds going towards the MusiCounts charity. Three RSDC Edition is the lead promotional release for…

The Tragically Hip Will Receive Humanitarian Award At Juno Awards

The Tragically Hip Will Receive Humanitarian Award At Juno Awards The Tragically Hip — photo credit: Gordon HawkinsThe Tragically Hip will receive the Music Canada-sponsored Humanitarian Award at this year’s 50th annual Juno Awards ceremony. The Humanitarian Award recognizes outstanding Canadian artists or music industry leaders whose humanitarian…

Corey Hart, Fred Penner, The Tenors, & More to Perform UnSilent Night Virtual Concert for MusiCounts

Corey Hart, Fred Penner, The Tenors, & More to Perform UnSilent Night Virtual Concert for MusiCounts Corey Hart — photo provided.Corey Hart, Fred Penner, The Tenors, Marianas Trench’s Matt Webb, and Tyler Shaw are among the artists set to perform for a virtual charity concert to support MusiCounts.  The 90-minute online show, titled UnSilent Night, is…

MusiCounts Donates $900,000 Worth of Instruments and Gear to 90 Schools

MusiCounts Donates $900,000 Worth of Instruments and Gear to 90 Schools Ninety schools countrywide have received musical instruments and gear worth $900,000 from the MusiCounts Band Aid Program.  MusiCounts is the charity arm of the Canadian Academy of Recording Sciences (CARAS), which puts on the annual Juno Awards, celebrating the best in Canadian…

Dave "Bookie" Bookman's 600-piece Record Collection To Go On Sale for Charity

Dave "Bookie" Bookman's 600-piece Record Collection To Go On Sale for Charity The late DaveThe record collection belonging to the late Toronto radio host Dave “Bookie” Bookman will go on sale this Thursday (Nov. 21) at Rotate This with proceeds going to MusicCounts, the charitable arm of the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences…

In Memory of Dave "Bookie" Bookman Donate To MusiCounts

In Memory of Dave "Bookie" Bookman Donate To MusiCounts (L-R) Dave The funeral and shiva for Toronto radio host/interviewer and club booker Dave “Bookie” Bookman, are private, but those wishing to pay tribute to the champion of indie music can donate to the music education charity MusiCounts in his memory. (Note: this story was updated on May…

Deane Cameron's Family Selects MusiCounts To Donate To In His Memory

Deane Cameron's Family Selects MusiCounts To Donate To In His Memory Deane Cameron — photo credit: Jag Gundu / Massey HallIn memory of Deane Cameron, those who would like to honour the music man who mentored so many in the Canadian music industry and signed such artists as Anne Murray, Nickelback, Tom Cochrane, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Stompin’ Tom…

Concert Pop-up for 25 Years of Budweiser Stage Donates Beer Sales To MusiCounts

Concert Pop-up for 25 Years of Budweiser Stage Donates Beer Sales To MusiCounts Dave Grohl and his infamous throne is part of the It Happened Here exhibit to commemorate the 25th anniversary of Toronto's Budweiser Stage, formerly Molson Amphitheatre — photo credit: Karen Bliss Beer sale proceeds from a music pop-up on Toronto’s Queen Street West to…

Record Store Day: Barenaked Ladies' Kevin Hearn Releases Superhero Songs for MusiCounts

Record Store Day: Barenaked Ladies' Kevin Hearn Releases Superhero Songs for MusiCounts Barenaked Ladies band member and solo artist Kevin Hearn is supporting MusiCounts with the exclusive release of his EP, Kevin Hearn and Friends Present: The Superhero Suite, on Record Store Day Canada April 13. All proceeds from the sale of the limited-edition…

Juno Week Loaded with Charitable Opportunities For MusiCounts

Juno Week Loaded with Charitable Opportunities For MusiCounts bülow, MusiCounts executive director Kristy Fletcher; students of St. Paul Catholic Elementary School; Chris Campbell, London Tourism director of culture and entertainment for Tourism London and chair of the London Junos host committee; Theresa Mathers, music teacher, St Paul Catholic School —…