Musicians
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…
Ronnie Wood, John Cleese Among Painters of Lion Sculpures To Raise Money For Lion Conservation
Ronnie Wood, John Cleese Among Painters of Lion Sculpures To Raise Money For Lion Conservation Bristol Lion by Ronnie Wood.A global pride of 47 life-sized lion sculptures has appeared on the streets of cities around the world to raise awareness of the threats facing lions and raise funds to support conservation projects across Africa. The sculptures,…
Unison Charity Golf Classic Still Has Sponsorship Ops and Foursome Slots
Unison Charity Golf Classic Still Has Sponsorship Ops and Foursome Slots (L to R)Derrick Ross, Shawn Hook, Pierre Tremblay, and Patrick Zulinov at Golden Eagle Golf Club in Pitt Meadows, BC on May 29, 2019 — photo credit: Jon Thorpe. The annual Unison Charity Golf Classic is returning this year, abiding by covid safety measures and limited in capacity,…
Star-Studded Terry Fox TV Special To Raise Funds For Precision Medicine in Cancer Research
Star-Studded Terry Fox TV Special To Raise Funds For Precision Medicine in Cancer Research Terry Fox, 1980, running in Ottawa for his Marathon of Hope — photo courtesy of TFF. A one-hour CBC TV and online special, Terry Fox: The Power of One, will air on Monday, Aug. 9, featuring an array of noted Canadians such as Sidney Crosby, Catherine O’Hara, Darryl…
The Sheepdogs Pledge $150K To Indigenous Causes and Music Lessons for BIPOC
The Sheepdogs Pledge $150K To Indigenous Causes and Music Lessons for BIPOC (L to R) The Sheepdogs' Shamus Currie, Ryan Gullen, Ewan Currie, Sam Corbett and Jim Bowskill — photo credit: Matt Dunlop.Saskatoon rockers The Sheepdogs have pledged to donate a minimum of $150,000 over the next decade to help support various local charities, with a specific…
America’s Got Talent Winner Face of Never Too Late to Graduate
America’s Got Talent Winner Face of Never Too Late to Graduate Landau Eugene Murphy Jr — photo provided.The West Virginia Department of Education’s (WVDE) Office of Adult Education has launched the “Never Too Late to Graduate” campaign featuring West Virginia native and 2011 America’s Got Talent winner Landau Eugene Murphy Jr. The campaign, which…
Dave Matthews Band Wants To Plant A Million More Trees
Dave Matthews Band Wants To Plant A Million More Trees Dave Matthews Band — photo credit: Danny Clinch. Dave Matthews Band is inviting fans to enter a contest to help plant trees around the globe through donations to The Nature Conservancy via The Bama Works Fund. Having fully funded the planting of a million trees in 2020, Dave Matthews Band is on a…
City and Colour to Donate Dollar Per Ticket from Upcoming Tour To Indspire
City and Colour to Donate Dollar Per Ticket from Upcoming Tour To Indspire Dallas Green — photo credit: Renée RodenkirchenDallas Green’s City and Colour is back on the road in September through December and one dollar from every ticket sold will go to Indspire, a national Indigenous charity that invests in the education of First Nations, Inuit and Métis…
Broadcaster Alan Cross Hosts Online Interview Series For Make Music Matter
Broadcaster Alan Cross Hosts Online Interview Series For Make Music Matter Three Days Grace's Neil Sanderson and Make Music Matter board member — photo credit: MMM.Canadian broadcaster Alan Cross is teaming up with several Canadian musicians for #UnpluggedTogether, an online fundraiser that will feature performances, candid interviews and interactive Q…
WATCH: Crown Lands Release Last of Indigenous Song Trilogy, Announce Tour
WATCH: Crown Lands Release Last of Indigenous Song Trilogy, Announce Tour Canadian prog-rock duo Crown Lands, which just won the 2021 Juno Award for Breakthrough Group of the Year, has just released the final song in a trilogy about Indigenous rights. “White Buffalo” is produced by David Bottrill (Peter Gabriel, Tool, Muse, Godsmack, King Crimson), the…
Gibson Gives Exceeds Expectations By Raising $2.5M; Expands Charity
Gibson Gives Exceeds Expectations By Raising $2.5M; Expands Charity Gibson Gives representatives donate a music room to Maplewood High School in Nashville, TN — photo credit: Gibson. Gibson Gives, the philanthropic arm of Gibson, the Nashville-based guitar manufacturers, exceeded expectations when it raised over US$2.5M worldwide to the point…
A Staggering Who's Who of Rock Onboard for Ronnie James Dio’s Birthday Fundraiser
A Staggering Who's Who of Rock Onboard for Ronnie James Dio’s Birthday Fundraiser The Late Ronnie James Dio — photo credit:John Harrell.Stand Up and Shout for Ronnie James Dio’s birthday, the global virtual concert set for tomorrow (July 10) from Rolling Live Studios, includes a staggering who’s who of talent — including Alice Cooper, Geezer Butler,…
Country Singer Dallas Smith Creates Hotel Balcony Concerts To Raise Money for His Mental Health Org
Country Singer Dallas Smith Creates Hotel Balcony Concerts To Raise Money for His Mental Health Org Dallas Smith — photo credit: Lifted.Country musician Dallas Smith has created a hotel concert series to raise money for his non-profit organization Lifted, “committed to ensuring that mental health services are accessible to anyone and everyone in need.”…
WATCH: Ringo Starr Invites World To Celebrate 81st Birthday with Annual Peace and Love Noon-time Message
WATCH: Ringo Starr Invites World To Celebrate 81st Birthday with Annual Peace and Love Noon-time Message Ringo Starr, 2021 — photo credit: screenshot.On July 7, former Beatle Ringo Starr will celebrate his 81st birthday the same way he’s been celebrating it since 2008: by inviting fans and followers everywhere to wish the world “Peace and Love,” whether…
Kardinal Offishall Sets Up GoFundMe Page For His Free The City Performers
Kardinal Offishall Sets Up GoFundMe Page For His Free The City Performers Kardinal Offishall — photo credit: Paul Jones Media.Kardinal Offishall, who often lends his many talents as a rapper and connector, to help various causes, has set up a GoFundMe page to raise funds for the performers at his sold-out Free The City event, June 30, at Toronto’s…