Musicians
Neil Young Proud Of Bridge School's Global Impact
Neil Young Proud Of Bridge School's Global Impact Neil and Pegi Young’s Bridge School in Hillsborough, California, was a much-needed, one-of-a-kind school for children with severe speech and physical impairments when it opened in 1987. Now it is a model for other schools and uses communication technology to teach its methods to other teachers around…
George Michael Offers Royal Wedding Song If The Public Gifts To Royal Charity Fund
George Michael Offers Royal Wedding Song If The Public Gifts To Royal Charity Fund British pop singer George Michael has recorded a version of Stevie Wonder’s 1972 ballad “You And I” as a wedding gift to Prince William of Wales and Catherine Middleton, who will be married on April 29 at London’s Westminster Abbey. While the MP3 of the song is available…
EMI's Coolest Charity Auction On The Planet To Benefit Japan
EMI's Coolest Charity Auction On The Planet To Benefit Japan EMI Group has rallied its artists and songwriters to donate items for a massive eBay auction to raise funds for the Japanese Red Cross disaster relief efforts to help those affected by last month’s earthquake and tsunami. The multi-national music company will also match all funds raised from the "EMI Family 4 Japan" auction up to…
Sting, Downey Jr., O’Connor, Tankian Among Contributors To Nuclear Disarmament Charity Project
Sting, Downey Jr., O’Connor, Tankian Among Contributors To Nuclear Disarmament Charity Project Emmy-winning New York composer/producer Jonathan Elias has assembled a multitude of artists to partake in a charity album, Path To Zero: Prayer Cycle 2, including Sting and his wife Trudie Styler; Robert Downey Jr.; System Of A Down’s Serj Tankian; Sinead O’Connor and Korn’s Jonathan Davis. He even…
Nobody's Perfect To "Jar of Hearts" Singer Christina Perri
Nobody's Perfect To "Jar of Hearts" Singer Christina Perri Christina Perri / Photo by Lani Lee“Nobody’s perfect” is a campaign or charity Philadelphia singer-songwriter Christina Perri is seriously thinking of starting since the success of “Jar of Hearts,” which sold a million downloads after she performed the heart-wrencher on the FOX TV…
Once Bullied Singer Bares Face For Kids Help Phone
Once Bullied Singer Bares Face For Kids Help Phone In the video for her song “Sunflower,” from her 2009 debut album, Famous, country singer Stacey Zegers presents a poignant anti-bullying message. A victim herself of childhood bullying, the 25-year-old London, Ontario native resident hooked up with the free, anonymous counselling service Kids Help Phone …
Yoko Ono Charity Has Built 90 Schools And Counting
Yoko Ono Charity Has Built 90 Schools And Counting Yoko OnoFor nearly half a century, Japanese-born avant-garde artist Yoko Ono has been a figurehead and ambassador for social change. She continues to be a vocal supporter of women’s and gay rights, as well as an advocate for peace. As such, she gives to several handpicked charities that she feels are in…
Hip Hop Artist Taps Into Youth Mentoring
Hip Hop Artist Taps Into Youth Mentoring Student Benjamin McDonald plays steel pan for a school presentation after a TAP music seminarIn the music industry, he is the rapper/producer formerly known as Solitair and now goes by Silver, but outside music he’s known by his birthname Sheldon Pitt, the executive director of Toro Action Programs (TAP), a non-…
Simple Plan Foundation Has Raised Half A Million For Youth Charities
Simple Plan Foundation Has Raised Half A Million For Youth Charities Simple Plan performs acoustically at MAA benefit lunch / Photo credit: Steven Campbell and Adrian Diaz.Many people get behind causes and charities and musicians are often asked to become spokespeople, "ambassadors" or simply perform at a fundraising event when they reach even a modicum…
Fefe Dobson Calls Domestic Abuse A Silent Cry
Fefe Dobson Calls Domestic Abuse A Silent Cry Fefe Dobson has performed at benefit concerts in support of women’s shelters before and the thought has never left her to one day start her own. The 26-year-old Toronto pop singer has quite a following. The video for her song “Stuttering” has close to four million views on YouTube and “Ghost” two-and-a-half…
Rapper Hopes Autobiographical Song About Sexual Assault, Gun Violence Helps Others
Rapper Hopes Autobiographical Song About Sexual Assault, Gun Violence Helps Others Canadian rapper and recent Juno nominee Eternia has just revealed her innermost secrets through her new song and video, “To The Future,” in support of Kids Help Phone (1-800-668-6868). The song is from her latest album, At Last, on Brooklyn, NY indie label Fatbeats. “It basically tells my personal experiences…
Down With Webster Down For A Cause
Down With Webster Down For A Cause Down With Webster: Tyler Armes, second from leftToronto’s Down With Webster has reached a point where the gold-selling band will start looking for a cause to put its name behind. The seven-piece funky hip hop outfit has already done charity work for War Child Canada and appeared on Free The Children’s We Day event. “…
Sammy Hagar Gives 100 Percent of Profits From Restaurant Chain To Community
Sammy Hagar Gives 100 Percent of Profits From Restaurant Chain To Community After Sammy Hagar sold 80 percent of his Cabo Wabo Tequila business in 2007 to Gruppo Campari for $80 million, the rock singer and his wife started The Hagar Family Foundation, a private non-profit which eliminates much of the red tape that can hamper funds getting quickly to the…
Nikki Sixx Inspires Homeless Youth To Make Music, Take Photos And Become Flacks
Nikki Sixx Inspires Homeless Youth To Make Music, Take Photos And Become Flacks Nikki Sixx’s kids, the product of his generous Running Wild In The Night music program at Covenant House California which serves more than 10,000 homeless youth a year, are making more of the program than even the Mötley Crüe and Sixx: A.M. bassist imagined. In May 2008, Sixx donated $250,000 to the Los Angeles and…
Glee Star Matthew Morrison Wants Legacy of Performing Arts High Schools
Glee Star Matthew Morrison Wants Legacy of Performing Arts High Schools Matthew MorrisonGlee’s leading man Matthew Morrison is now officially juggling two time-consuming careers, one playing high school teacher Will Schuester on the hit musical-comedy television series about a glee club; the other as a recording artist with an album due May 10; the single…