Musicians
Fundraising Concerts Planned For Kids of Late Guitarist Jay Smith
Fundraising Concerts Planned For Kids of Late Guitarist Jay Smith Jay Smith passed away March 26 at the age of 35 — photo credit: Kayla MacLellan..Canada’s East Coast music community will gather Sunday April 7 at an all-day benefit concert celebrating the memory of Matt Mays guitarist Jay Smith, with proceeds going to a trust fund for his children. A…
Motley Crue Singer Vince Neil Goes Owie At Car Show
Motley Crue Singer Vince Neil Goes Owie At Car Show Motley Crue's Vince Neil holds Owie, a stuffed dog delivered free to hospitalized children.Motley Crue is gearing up for their biggest Canadian tour in their 33 year history, but before they do singer Vince Neil is literally gearing up for something else that is close to his heart, the Smokin’ Tires…
Simple Plan Accept Humanitarian Award, Release Fan-Felt Video
Simple Plan Accept Humanitarian Award, Release Fan-Felt Video Chuck Comeau; Evenko's Nick Farkas; Coalition Management's Eric Lawrence; Pierre Bouvier holding the Allan Slaight Humanitarian Spirit Award; Sébastien Lefebvre; Jeff Stinco (missing from pic, David Desrosiers) — photo credit: Luther Mallory"Simple Plan have taken a leadership role not only by…
Singer Danny Fernandes Getting Hands On With World Vision
Singer Danny Fernandes Getting Hands On With World Vision Danny Fernandes performs at World Vision's 30 Hour Famine concert at a school in Mississauga, Ont., 2011.Guys like Danny Fernandes are the reason clichés about judging books by their covers still have traction in the 21st century. The heavily inked, highly connected 27-year-old pop singer/…
Suzuki And Gore Approved Jellyfish Project Led By Rock Band
Suzuki And Gore Approved Jellyfish Project Led By Rock Band Rock band Mindil Beach Market's jellyfish-inspired logo.Rock 'n’ roll band by night; eco-warriors by day. These dual roles are being played across North America by Victoria, BC reggae-infused rockers Mindil Beach Markets, whose members became profoundly affected by the jellyfish when searching…
Kate Nash In Ghana: Sisters Are Doin' It For Themselves
Kate Nash In Ghana: Sisters Are Doin' It For Themselves U.K. singer-songwriter Kate Nash meets the Chief of Hohoa, Ghana, where she would be visiting with children at Likpe Mate pre-school and teens in Plan International's Girls Making Media program. “I feel about nervous about this. I think it’s going to be intense. So we’ll see. It’ll be awesome…
Bon Jovi Guitarist Richie Sambora Gives Complacency A Bad Name
Bon Jovi Guitarist Richie Sambora Gives Complacency A Bad Name President Bill Clinton and Bon Jovi guitarist Richie Sambora at the Step Up On Vine gala, January 2013 — photo credit: Getty Images / Alberto E. Rodriguez.Loads of musicians boast benefit concerts on the resume, but few bands approach philanthropy with the zeal or unwavering commitment of Bon…
Simple Plan's Humanitarian Legacy
Simple Plan's Humanitarian Legacy (L to R) Simple Plan's Sébastien Lefebvre, Pierre Bouvier and Chuck Comeau visit a fan at a hospital in Montreal.At what age will you think about your legacy? For drummer Chuck Comeau of multi-platinum-selling pop-punkers Simple Plan, it started at 26. That’s how old he was when he and his bandmates — frontman Pierre…
Donate To Food Banks And Shelters To Honour Stompin' Tom
Donate To Food Banks And Shelters To Honour Stompin' Tom Stompin' Tom with his long-time pal and promoter/manager Brian Edwards.In lieu of flowers, the family of Stompin’ Tom Connors has asked that donations be made to your local food bank or homeless shelter in his name. Connors knew what it was like to go without bare necessities. Although he later…
Tom Cochrane To Receive Allan Waters Humanitarian Award
Tom Cochrane To Receive Allan Waters Humanitarian Award Tom Cochrane In Indonesia in 2009 on one of his many humanitarian missions with World Vision.Rock singer-songwriter Tom Cochrane, best known for his hit “Life Is A Highway” and a highly respected 40-year veteran of the Canadian music industry, has long be involved with philanthropic causes,…
UK Pop Star Kate Nash Didn't Want Celebrity To Destroy Her Life
UK Pop Star Kate Nash Didn't Want Celebrity To Destroy Her Life Kate Nash promo pic for her new album, Girl Talk.British singer-songwriter Kate Nash is in Ghana right now. She was feeling a million emotions about the trip when she spoke with Samaritanmag in Toronto to promote her upcoming album, Girl Talk, (out March 5) prior to leaving. The 25-year-…
Musician On Mission To Fulfill Dying Friend's Travel Wish
Musician On Mission To Fulfill Dying Friend's Travel Wish Mark Webster, who has terminal cancer, enjoys the view in Mexico. His friend, musician Romi Mayes, is raising money to help him see the world.Winnipeg singer-songwriter Romi Mayes tours the world as a musician and has Italy and the U.K. lined up for May, but for the past year, she has been…
Give CANFAR And Keshia A Kiss
Give CANFAR And Keshia A Kiss CANFAR youth ambassador Keshia Chanté puckers up for the new Kisses 4 CANFAR campaign.For 19 years The Canadian Foundation for AIDS Research (CANFAR) has promoted its Have A Heart program at 2500 schools across Canada. Students sell heart-o-grams to help raise money and awareness for HIV/AIDS. This month, for the 20th year…
Bif Naked Finds Her Calling
Bif Naked Finds Her Calling Bif Naked at Engage 2011, a speaker series event — photo credit: NSB.Bif Naked is primarily known as a rock singer, but that’s not her only talent. She’s also a songwriter, actress, cartoonist, radio host, live show presenter, poet and painter. And boy can she talk. That’s a talent — talking and not boring the pants off people…
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.…