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Shawn Mendes, Lights, Tom Cochrane, Kardinal Offishall, Shawn Hook Join Others in Sign-Holding Kidney Foundation campaign
Shawn Mendes, Lights, Tom Cochrane, Kardinal Offishall, Shawn Hook Join Others in Sign-Holding Kidney Foundation campaign Shawn Mendes — photo credt: Cathy CutzNothing gets the word out as far and wide as social media. Attach a celebrity to your message —making their diverse followers a de facto workforce via Facebook, Instagram and Twitter shares — and…
MusiCounts and Why Reggae-pop Band Magic! Donated $100K
MusiCounts and Why Reggae-pop Band Magic! Donated $100K Magic! sponsored the 2015 Teacher of the Year award, which went to Steve Sainas (centre) — photo credit: CARAS/iPhoto. Magic! frontman Nasri Atweh knew his charity of choice would involve music, kids and the school system. He just didn’t know what it would be, he told Samaritanmag last May. His…
Singer Lights' Own Flavour & All Menchie’s Frozen Yogurt Sold March 11 Benefit MusiCounts
Singer Lights' Own Flavour & All Menchie’s Frozen Yogurt Sold March 11 Benefit MusiCounts For the past month, Juno Award-winning synth-pop singer Lights has had her own Menchie’s Frozen Yogurt, a cookie dough base called Up We Dough, a play on the title of her gold hit single, “Up We Go,” from her latest album, Little Machines. Tomorrow, March…
Singer Lights Creates Self-Empowering T-Shirt for Kids Help Phone
Singer Lights Creates Self-Empowering T-Shirt for Kids Help Phone Lights sports her T-shirt design with Bluenotes for Kids Help Phone — photo courtesy of Lights.Singer Lights created a cool comic book style image for a charity T-shirt in partnership with Bluenotes clothing retailer. All proceeds go to Kids Help Phone, which provides round the clock…
Nelly Furtado, Chris Bosh Cartoon Relevant on Elimination of Racial Discrimination Day
Nelly Furtado, Chris Bosh Cartoon Relevant on Elimination of Racial Discrimination Day A still from anti-racism PSA The Girl With The Pinhead Parents, voiced by Nelly Furtado, Chris Bosh, Hedley's Jacob Hoggard and more. In a perfect world there would be no racism and therefore no need for the United Nations (UN) International Day for the Elimination of…
Billy Talent To Co-Design T-shirt For Bluenotes Kids Help Phone Campaign
Billy Talent To Co-Design T-shirt For Bluenotes Kids Help Phone Campaign Toronto rock act Billy Talent is next in line to create a graphic t-shirt for Bluenotes clothing retailer to benefit Kids Help Phone. The shirt is due in stores and online the first week of October. “We sent some ideas to them and we’re going to collaborate,” guitarist Ian D’Sa told…
Billy Talent, Kardinal, Lights, Harmer Contrast Their Childhood With War Kids
Billy Talent, Kardinal, Lights, Harmer Contrast Their Childhood With War Kids Billy Talent, Kardinal Offishall, Sarah Harmer, Lights and Kay are among the Canadian musicians who reflected on their own childhood for a series of online video clips, as part of War Child Canada’s powerful advertising campaign, entitled JAM. So far the Billy Talent, Kardinal and Harmer videos have been released.…
Bluenotes Release Anti-Bullying T-Shirt With Simple Plan, Hedley & More
Bluenotes Release Anti-Bullying T-Shirt With Simple Plan, Hedley & More Canadian denim retailer Bluenotes will be selling a $10 fundraising t-shirt for Kids Help Phone, as of Monday (Nov. 19). Emblazoned on the back are the words “Artists against loneliness, hate, bullying, anger, suffering” and the names of the Canadian musicians involved in the anti…
Andy Kim Christmas Show Taps Sam Roberts, Alex Lifeson, Sarah Harmer, Finger Eleven, BSS, And More
Andy Kim Christmas Show Taps Sam Roberts, Alex Lifeson, Sarah Harmer, Finger Eleven, BSS, And More Andy Kim (far right) is joined onstage by Ron Sexsmith (with scarf), Sean Cullen (holding mic) and others, at a past Andy Kim Christmas Concert. This year's concert takes place at the Phoenix Concert Theatre December 14An impressive group of admirers,…
Singer Lights Sheds Light On Two Charities
Singer Lights Sheds Light On Two Charities Jian Ghomeshi and Lights in the Baseco slums just outside Manila, Philippines - photo credit: World Vision Canada Lights, the Juno Award-winning electro pop artist whose 2009 debut album, The Listening, went gold in Canada, is an ideal voice to get behind a charity. The 24-year-old has 600,000 Facebook followers…