Musicians
Consider Donating to The Bridge School in Memory of Co-founder Pegi Young, Dead at 66
Consider Donating to The Bridge School in Memory of Co-founder Pegi Young, Dead at 66 Pegi Young — photo credit: pegiyoung.com Pegi Young, a musician and former wife of Neil Young who toured with him and put out albums of her own, died on Jan.1 after a long battle with cancer. She was 66 years old. Married to Neil for 36 years until their divoce in 2014…
Adele, Stormzy, Marcus Mumford Part Of New Grenfell Tower Fire Awareness Video
Adele, Stormzy, Marcus Mumford Part Of New Grenfell Tower Fire Awareness Video Stormzy in the Grenfell United support video — screencap via Grenfell United YouTube channelHigh profile British musicians Adele, Stormzy, Marcus Mumford and Akala are speaking up about the Grenfell Tower fire tragedy which caused 72 deaths in June 2017. "FOREVER IN OUR HEARTS…
Country Musician Aaron Goodvin First Artist to Use World For Good Platform
Country Musician Aaron Goodvin First Artist to Use World For Good Platform Aaron Goodvin promo shot — courtesy of Warner Music Canada‘Tis the giving season, but Canadian country artist Aaron Goodvin wants to keep that goodwill going the rest of the year, too. So he’s partnered with A World For Good, a service that lets customers — or in this case fans —…
Drum Roll Please: Music Industry's Unison Benevolent Fund Raises $50K at Holiday Schmooze
Drum Roll Please: Music Industry's Unison Benevolent Fund Raises $50K at Holiday Schmooze Unison Board of Directors and Staff, from left: Bernie Breen, Andy Maize, Derrick Ross, Jodie Ferneyhough, Amanda Power, Jesse Kumagai, Erin Benjamin, Ralph James, Jennifer Hardy, Catharine Saxberg, Sheila Hamilton — photo credit: Barry Roden. Music industry…
Crowdfunding Campaign Launched For Tom Cochrane Tour Manager Gerry Lee After Stroke
Crowdfunding Campaign Launched For Tom Cochrane Tour Manager Gerry Lee After Stroke Gerry Lee — photo via Gerry Lee GoFundMe pageA crowdfunding campaign has been launched to support Gerry Lee, the tour manager for veteran Canadian rocker Tom Cochrane, who suffered a stroke in September, and whose "big heart" has his friends and associates stepping up to…
Late Mac Miller Single To Help Fund Underserved Communities
Late Mac Miller Single To Help Fund Underserved Communities Mac Miller — photo providedThe release of late rapper Mac Miller's "Dunno" single will be used to raise funds for the Mac Miller Circles Fund to support people from underserved communities. This version of "Dunno" is an alternate take of the song from the rapper/producer's 2018 Swimming album,…
Alice Cooper’s Christmas Pudding Stirs in Hollywood Vampires, Gretchen Wilson, Sebastian Bach, Members of Blue Oyster Cult and More
Alice Cooper’s Christmas Pudding Stirs in Hollywood Vampires, Gretchen Wilson, Sebastian Bach, Members of Blue Oyster Cult and More Alice Cooper Christmas Pudding concert poster — graphic via Alice Cooper Solid Rock Facebook pageVeteran shock rocker Alice Cooper will be enlisting the support of some fellow vampires to help teens in need. Specifically,…
Q&A: Andy Kim Talks About The Charities He Picks for His Christmas Shows
Q&A: Andy Kim Talks About The Charities He Picks for His Christmas Shows photo courtesy of Eric Alper PR. Andy Kim gets emotional when talking about the ill children he met at the ICAR Complex racetrack in Montreal who were able to whiz around in fancy cars as part of the Starlight Children’s Foundation’s Drive 4 Smiles. He actually started to cry…
Global Citizen EP1 Featuring Pharrell Williams, Stormzy, David Guetta, More Being Used To Fight Poverty
Global Citizen EP1 Featuring Pharrell Williams, Stormzy, David Guetta, More Being Used To Fight Poverty Global Citizen EP1 cover — image via Warner Music CanadaA new four-song EP featuring Pharrell Williams, Stormzy, David Guetta, Los Unidades, Stargate and more has been released to support the Global Citizen organization and its goal to end extreme…
Concert Promoter's Evenko Foundation Donates Musical Instruments to School to Honour Late Denis Grondin
Concert Promoter's Evenko Foundation Donates Musical Instruments to School to Honour Late Denis Grondin Instrument donation at Daniel-Johnson Secondary School — photo courtesy of evenko.On behalf of late beloved radio DJ Denis Grondin, his son, Goon actor Marc-Andre Grondin donated 28 musical instruments, worth $24,450, to Daniel-Johnson Secondary…
Sultans of String North American Concert Tour Raising Funds for Refugees
Sultans of String North American Concert Tour Raising Funds for Refugees Sultans of String promo shot — photo courtesy of SOS.Sultans of String, a Canadian fusion music group with overseas roots, have teamed up with UNHCR, the United Nations Agency for Refugees in Canada, to help traumatized people worldwide as they flee war and other humanitarian…
Recording Academy Unveils Community-Focused Membership Model To Drive Diversity
Recording Academy Unveils Community-Focused Membership Model To Drive Diversity The Recording Academy — graphic via Recording AcademyThe Recording Academy in America has launched a new membership model that focuses on community and peer-review for new and more diverse voices. Under pressure to diversify its membership, the governing body of the Grammys…
Stock Music Company AudioMicro To Support Mr. Holland's Opus Foundation
Stock Music Company AudioMicro To Support Mr. Holland's Opus Foundation Noah Becker, president of AudioMicro — photo providedRemember the 1996 Hollywood movie Mr. Holland’s Opus? That Richard Dreyfuss-starrer about a musician-turned-teacher who inspires high school music students has led AudioMicro, the stock music and sound effects library, to…
Roy Clark Family's Seeking Donations For St. Jude Children's Hospital
Roy Clark Family's Seeking Donations For St. Jude Children's Hospital Roy Clark — photo providedThe family of late country musician Roy Clark is using the legendary country musician's death to support the St. Jude Children's Hospital in Memphis, TN. Clark, who was most well-known for hosting the long-running Hee Haw variety television program…
MusiCounts Gives $500,000 Worth of Music Instruments to 30 Community Programs
MusiCounts Gives $500,000 Worth of Music Instruments to 30 Community Programs MusiCounts TD Community Music Program celebration at Music For the Spirit in Ohsweken, ON on the Six Nations Grand River Reserve — photo credit: Barry Roden MusiCounts and the TD Bank Group on Wednesday honoured 30 community music programs countrywide that received $500,000 …