Musicians
The Tenors PBS Shows Raise $20K for #TorontoStrongFund
The Tenors PBS Shows Raise $20K for #TorontoStrongFund The Tenors — photo cerdit: Dan LimCanadian vocal group The Tenors have done three PBS television specials before, but their fourth was the only one for which proceeds from ticket sales went to charity, #TorontoStrong Fund, which was set up by the City of Toronto and Toronto Foundatio for the victims…
Metallica Donate Polar Prize Proceeds To Three Charities
Metallica Donate Polar Prize Proceeds To Three Charities Metallica's Lars Ulrich and Robert Trujillo receive the Polar Music Prize — photo credit: screenshot Heavy metal band Metallica have donated their one million Swedish krona ($149,851 CAD) Polar Music Prize award to three different charities, including one fellow Polar winner. Founded in 1989 by…
Bud Light Dreams Donates $1-per-ticket to MusiCounts
Bud Light Dreams Donates $1-per-ticket to MusiCounts Bud Light Dreams Music Festival — photo credit: screenshot from promo video. Bud Light Dreams Music Festival is carrying on a tradition for the third year in a row: $1 per every ticket sold for this year’s two-day fest will be donated to MusiCounts, the music education charity associated with the Juno…
Shania Twain’s Kids Can Launches Text-to-Donate Campaign
Shania Twain’s Kids Can Launches Text-to-Donate Campaign photo credit: Shania Kids Can. In conjunction with her current tour to support her album Now, Canadian pop and country sweetheart Shania Twain is launching a text-to-donate campaign on behalf of her Shania Kids Can Foundation. Through Aug. 6, if you’re in North America and text ‘SHANIA’ to 20222,…
Q&A: Pianist Jean-Michel Blais Says Music Stops His Tourette Syndrome Symptoms
Q&A: Pianist Jean-Michel Blais Says Music Stops His Tourette Syndrome Symptoms Jean-Michel Blais — photo credit: screenshot from music video, Quebec composer Jean-Michel Blais is doing something extremely unlikely in 2018 — making classical piano cool again. Buoyed by hip record label Arts & Crafts (home to the likes of Broken Social Scene and…
Kesha To Raise Funds For Immigrant Youth Org United We Dream
Kesha To Raise Funds For Immigrant Youth Org United We Dream Kesha — screenshot from Hymn music video. California-based singer-songwriter Kesha has teamed up with United We Dream, America’s largest immigrant youth-led organization at 4 million, to raise awareness about the organization. As it celebrates its 10th anniversary, United We Dream – which…
Macklemore, Peter Buck, Julien Baker Contribute Addiction Stories For KEXP Music Heals Day
Macklemore, Peter Buck, Julien Baker Contribute Addiction Stories For KEXP Music Heals Day Macklemore with KEXP's Kevin Cole — photo via KEXPMacklemore, R.E.M.'s Peter Buck, Pearl Jam’s Jeff Ament and Julien Baker were among the musicians who contributed to influential Seattle public radio station KEXP's recent "Music Heals: Addiction & Recovery"…
Q&A: George Thorogood on the Tragedy of Leukemia, Donating, and Live Aid
Q&A: George Thorogood on the Tragedy of Leukemia, Donating, and Live Aid George Thorogood promo shot — photo credit: David DobsonGeorge Thorogood doesn’t call donating money to the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society “charity.” He calls it “a tragedy.” The American boogie blues legend, whose albums have sold more than 15 million copies worldwide over…
Playing For Change Day Set for Sept. 15 in 60 Countries
Playing For Change Day Set for Sept. 15 in 60 Countries Playing For Change screenshot from promo video. Musicians and musically-minded people from around the world will be gathering on Saturday, Sept. 15 as part of Playing For Change Day, a worldwide movement harnessing music to do good. This year will feature marquee events in the following cities:…
Phantogram's Personal Loss Leads to New Charity Singles and Ticket Sales Donation to American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
Phantogram's Personal Loss Leads to New Charity Singles and Ticket Sales Donation to American Foundation for Suicide Prevention Phantogram promo shot — photo credit: Rebecca Ferguson.A deeply personal reason led to lyrics behind Phantogram's latest single, "Someday," and the New York dream-pop duo of Sarah Barthel and Josh Carter have decided to…
The Motivation Behind the Mariachi Party Protest Against Racist Lawyer Schlossberg
The Motivation Behind the Mariachi Party Protest Against Racist Lawyer Schlossberg Mariachis serenade — photo credit: screenshot. Aaron Schlossberg, the New York lawyer caught on camera making racist threats, was serenaded by a mariachi band and 500 revellers outside his residence on May 18. "We are countering hate and racism with the sound of music,"…
Concert Promotion Behemoth Live Nation Launches Initiative to Bring Women to the Business
Concert Promotion Behemoth Live Nation Launches Initiative to Bring Women to the Business Michael Rapino at CMW 2017 —photo credit: Grant W. Martin.In many ways, the concert promotion industry can be likened to a show by prog-rock dandies Rush: exciting and fun but seriously lacking a female presence. Global concert promoters Live Nation hope to change…
Tegan And Sara Get Swift Response to LGBTQ Summer Camp Fundraiser
Tegan And Sara Get Swift Response to LGBTQ Summer Camp Fundraiser Tegan And Sara are sending more than 100 young people to LGBTQ camp this summer in the U.S. and Canada for a total cost of about $100,000 (USD), and have invited the public to help make that dream a reality. An online campaign has received swift support in a matter of days. The musical…
Shawn Hook and Neon Dreams to Donate $1 Per Ticket from Good Days Tour
Shawn Hook and Neon Dreams to Donate $1 Per Ticket from Good Days Tour Shawn Hook sports a Samaritanmag.com t-shirt — photo credit: selfie“Reminding Me” singer Shawn Hook and “Marching Bands” EDM-pop act Neon Dreams will be touring together this fall on a 17-date Canadian tour, with a dollar from each ticket sale going to We Charity, formerly known as…
FORM Arcosanti Festival to Support Chance The Rapper's SocialWorks Charity
FORM Arcosanti Festival to Support Chance The Rapper's SocialWorks Charity Form Arcosanti Festival — photo credit: screenshot from trailer. Now that the Big Brand™ two-weekend carnival that is Coachella has ended, another music festival is showing how things can be done entirely differently. Form Arcosanti festival will take place in the…