Musicians
Nickelback And BC Community Stand Together For One-Year-Old Girl
Nickelback And BC Community Stand Together For One-Year-Old Girl Two British Columbia rock bands — one unknown and unsigned; the other, one of the biggest in the world — have joined forces to bring attention to the story of a one-year-old girl battling cancer. Chilliwack’s Pardon My Striptease put its song “Pray (For L.J)” for sale on iTunes to raise…
Glee Cast Records "Do They Know It's Christmas?" Charity Song
Glee Cast Records "Do They Know It's Christmas?" Charity Song Oh joy, oh glee. The cast of the hit television show Glee has recorded its own version of Band Aid’s 1984 hit “Do They Know It’s Christmas?” with 100 percent of the net monies from its sale going to The Band Aid Trust (www.bandaid.org.uk). The song, which was co-written…
Wu-Tang Rapper Raekwon Gives Kids From His Hood A Chance
Wu-Tang Rapper Raekwon Gives Kids From His Hood A Chance Wu-Tang Clan member and solo artist Raekwon, who grew up in the low-income housing complex of Park Hill in Staten Island, NY, is involved in a new not-for-profit, Children's Literacy Society, to help the kids of his community. "It's definitely needed because it's so rough in my neighbourhood that…
Spirit of the West Release Bulembu To Benefit A Population Threatened With Extinction
Spirit of the West Release Bulembu To Benefit A Population Threatened With Extinction Spirit of the West's John Mann on a visit to BulembuImagine an entire population wiped off the face of the earth, due to the spread of HIV/AIDS. That is the startling reality of Swaziland, Africa, the only developing nation in the world with a negative population growth…
Simple Plan Designs Limited Edition Tees For Kids Help Phone
Simple Plan Designs Limited Edition Tees For Kids Help Phone Earlier this year, Simple Plan sold a limited-edition T-Shirt benefitting The Red Cross’ Japanese earthquake and tsunami relief efforts, and as 2011 draws to a close, the pop-rock band has co-designed another T-shirt with clothing retailer Bluenotes with the proceeds going to Kids Help Phone.…
Blank-Fest Expands To Calgary, Releases Free Download Album
Blank-Fest Expands To Calgary, Releases Free Download Album The band Stampede Six help gather winter items at Calgary's Blank-fest“It’s about the homeless. Nothing more, nothing less.” That, in a nutshell, is the slogan and modus operandi behind Blank-Fest, a growing network of independent music festivals held in Canada, the U.S. and England designed to…
Rising Hip Hop Artist Reema Major: "I coulda been one of those kids"
Rising Hip Hop Artist Reema Major: "I coulda been one of those kids" Sixteen-year-old rising hip hop artist Reema Major, currently working on her debut album for G7/Universal Music Canada and Cherrytree/Interscope in the U.S., doesn’t remember much about her life in Sudan. She was just a toddler when her mother had the opportunity to come to…
Red Hot Organization Resurrects AIDS Awareness Albums
Red Hot Organization Resurrects AIDS Awareness Albums Album cover for 2011's Red Hot + RioAfter the release of Red Hot + Riot – The Music And Spirit Of Fela Kuti in 2002, John Carlin thought he was done. The co-founder of the not-for-profit New York-based Red Hot Organization had enjoyed a successful run raising funds for AIDS awareness commencing with…
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…
The Amy Winehouse Foundation Almost Up And Running
The Amy Winehouse Foundation Almost Up And Running Amy Winehouse and Tony Bennett taken from theThe Amy Winehouse Foundation, which will benefit various youth and children’s projects and charities throughout the world, is now active, but until it is fully up and running, Comic Relief in the U.K. and America Gives Back in the U.S. have set up The Amy…
The Reason For Hope Not-For-Profit Society: More Than Pink Ribbons
The Reason For Hope Not-For-Profit Society: More Than Pink Ribbons There are so many large not-for-profit cancer organizations, but starting your own charity makes a personal mark, not only by impacting the beneficiaries but by giving friends and family a purpose, a legacy to honour, champion and continue. One also has control over where to designate…
Evanescence's Amy Lee Says "Don't Freak Out" Over Epileptic Seizure
Evanescence's Amy Lee Says "Don't Freak Out" Over Epileptic Seizure The specific Out of the Shadows campaign is over, but Evanescence singer-pianist Amy Lee won’t ever stop bringing to light the realities of epilepsy. Her brother, Robby, had his first seizure when he was 8-years-old. According to the Epilepsy Foundation, Epilepsy is…
Here's Some Dirt On Backstreet Boy Nick Carter
Here's Some Dirt On Backstreet Boy Nick Carter Who wants Nick Carter’s dirty shoes? How about his dirty shoes signed by every member of the Backstreet Boys and New Kids On The Block? The recent NKOTBSB tour of arenas proves there are still thousands of fans who would. Now, add to that a charitable angle and that’s some good dirt. The Backstreet Boy…
Canadian Aid Helps Sierra Leone Youth Charity Start Label, Release Album
Canadian Aid Helps Sierra Leone Youth Charity Start Label, Release Album Artists United For Children and Youth Development (AUCAYD) in war-torn Sierra Leone has formed its own label, AUCAYD Records, and released its debut album, Give Some Little Love, available for purchase via MapleMusic, iTunes Canada, iTunes US and Amazon. From 1991 to 2002, a civil…
The Remix Project's At-Risk Youth Get Own Record Label Distributed By EMI
The Remix Project's At-Risk Youth Get Own Record Label Distributed By EMI Charitable creative arts training centre The Remix Project, open to youth from disadvantaged backgrounds in Toronto, has started a record label, Honest Music, and signed a deal with EMI Music Canada for pressing, distribution, marketing and mentorship. While the label plans…