Musicians
Joseph Arthur, Mother Mother, The Midway State Busking For Change At Osheaga
Joseph Arthur, Mother Mother, The Midway State Busking For Change At Osheaga Rock band Our Lady Peace unplugs for War Child's Busking For ChangeNo word on if Eminem will hit the streets to rhyme, but musicians Joseph Arthur, Mother Mother, The Midway State, Sweet Thing, Hey Rosetta! and more have all signed on to busk for change at Montreal’s Osheaga…
Honey Jam All-Female Singing Showcase Donates To Women's Charities For 16 Years
Honey Jam All-Female Singing Showcase Donates To Women's Charities For 16 Years Ebonnie Rowe (L) with Aisha Wickham ThomasPhem Phat Entertainment Group’s Ebonnie Rowe has managed to keep Toronto’s Honey Jam, the multi-genre female singing showcase at which Nelly Furtado was discovered, alive for 16 years. No matter how difficult that has been, she…
Did Singer-Songwriter Bruce Cockburn Become A Radical?
Did Singer-Songwriter Bruce Cockburn Become A Radical? In elementary school, Bruce Cockburn remembers a teacher wishing upon her class that they all grow up to be “radicals,” a person intent on forcing change by uncompromising methods. The future folk-rock singer-songwriter doesn’t known how that might’ve affected his desire to make a difference in the world, but in the 1980s — after the…
Avril Lavigne Designs And Sells "Abbey Dawn Hearts Japan" Charity T-Shirts
Avril Lavigne Designs And Sells "Abbey Dawn Hearts Japan" Charity T-Shirts Avril Lavigne has designed a T-shirt with heart. The Canadian pop singer, who has her own clothing line called Abbey Dawn, created the shirt to help raise money for those affected by the aftermath of the earthquake and tsunami that devastated parts of Japan in March.…
Top Hip Hop Group Far East Movement "4 C The Power" They Can Have On Kids
Top Hip Hop Group Far East Movement "4 C The Power" They Can Have On Kids Far East Movement make surprise appearance at a benefit show for the Univeristy of California Autism Center and the Red Scarf Project, Dec. 2009 in Los Angeles — Photo courtesy of www.4cthepower.com Los Angeles electro-hip hop group Far East Movement is one of the mentors…
Singer Natalia Kills Joins Justin Bieber In Support Of Pencils Of Promise
Singer Natalia Kills Joins Justin Bieber In Support Of Pencils Of Promise Natalia KillsJustin Bieber isn’t the only musician behind Pencils of Promise. British singer Natalia Kills, signed by Black Eyed Peas member will.i.am, and whose album, Perfectionist, comes out August 16, is already supporting the New York-based charity which builds schools in the…
Billy Talent Drummer Launches Online Support Site For Youth Affected By MS
Billy Talent Drummer Launches Online Support Site For Youth Affected By MS Billy Talent drummer Aaron Solowoniuk is in a multi-platinum Canadian rock band, headlining arenas across the country and touring all over the world, but he has just realized another dream — the launch of www.someonelikeme.ca, a youth-based blogging website for people affected by…
Coldplay's "Fix You" Re-Cut In Asia By Simple Plan, These Kids Wear Crowns & More
Coldplay's "Fix You" Re-Cut In Asia By Simple Plan, These Kids Wear Crowns & More Canada's These Kids Wear Crowns in a Singapore's Ocean Butterflies Studio record their part of Coldplay's More than 40 artists from all over the world, including Canada’s Simple Plan, These Kids Wear Crowns and Saidah Baba Talibah, cut a charity single of…
U2's Bono Celebrates Amnesty International's 50th Birthday With Crowd of 50,000
U2's Bono Celebrates Amnesty International's 50th Birthday With Crowd of 50,000 U2 frontman Bono alerted a crowd of 50,000 at Winnipeg’s Canada Inn Stadium on Sunday evening, May 29, that “tonight is Amnesty International’s 50th birthday.” The date is slightly off, but the human rights organization was founded in London, England 50 years ago,…
Corey Hart And Marie-Christine Support Neurosurgeon's Project Medishare For Haiti
Corey Hart And Marie-Christine Support Neurosurgeon's Project Medishare For Haiti Singer-songwriter Corey Hart first met Project Medishare for Haiti co-founder Dr. Barth Green when he underwent cervical disk fusion surgery by the world renowned Miami neurosurgeon. At the time, Hart had just signed Montreal singer Marie-Christine Depestre to his…
Hail The Villain's Chad Taylor Jokes About His "Shitty" Disease
Hail The Villain's Chad Taylor Jokes About His "Shitty" Disease Chad Taylor pictured here wearing sunglassesHail The Villain’s bassist Chad Taylor is the first to make “shitty” jokes about it, but he knows living with Crohn’s disease is not a laughing matter. The bassist for the Oshawa, Ontario hard rock band seizes the opportunity to talk…
Former Child Soldier Emmanuel Jal To Speak at Canadian Schools, Release Album On Universal
Former Child Soldier Emmanuel Jal To Speak at Canadian Schools, Release Album On Universal Emmanuel Jal, a former child soldier now 31, is making a name for himself as a conscious rapper on a global scale. The new album, See Me Mama, will be released in Canada in September via his own label, Gatwitch, through Universal Music Canada. The first single is "…
'Reggae Against Landmines' Album To Benefit Non-Profit Landmine Clearance Organization
'Reggae Against Landmines' Album To Benefit Non-Profit Landmine Clearance Organization A Toronto-based reggae record label is joining such musical activists as Emmylou Harris, Paul McCartney, and Bruce Cockburn in their attempts to transform Earth into a landmine–free planet. Turning its attention towards atrocities in Africa, Ohm Grown Records…
Jill Barber Is "Spark" For Girls Action Foundation
Jill Barber Is "Spark" For Girls Action Foundation Photo credit: Ivan Otis As a musician, jazz-pop chanteuse Jill Barber always found ‘girls with guitars’ night or other female-only music events ghettoizing, but that is far different from mentoring other females. That’s why she said yes to Girls Action Foundation’s Light A Spark initiative. “…
The Remix Project Provides At-Risk Youth Six Months Of Creative Arts Training
The Remix Project Provides At-Risk Youth Six Months Of Creative Arts Training The Remix Project The Remix Project's recording studio is a registered charity for the arts in Toronto that helps creatively gifted “at risk” teens and young adults, often from troubled or disadvantaged backgrounds, who don’t have the usual opportunities to fulfill their true…