Musicians
Hannah Georgas Calls Juvenile Diabetes Most important Thing On Her Agenda
Hannah Georgas Calls Juvenile Diabetes Most important Thing On Her Agenda Photo credit: Vanessa HeinsVancouver singer-songwriter Hannah Georgas, and 2011 new artist Juno Award nominee, is hoping to do more with the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation once she has more time. Her father passed away in 2009 from the disease. Proceeds from her 2009 EP, The…
Man Plays 48-Hour Guitar Marathon To Raise Money For Camp Trillium
Man Plays 48-Hour Guitar Marathon To Raise Money For Camp Trillium Duane Rutter plays guitar at Robot Cafe to raise money for Camp TrilliumTwo days after Duane Rutter played acoustic guitar for 48 hours to raise funds in honour of his mother, who died of cancer 10 years ago, and he was back at his day job. “I've got some considerable numbness in my…
Blankfest Quebec Concert Inspired By NYC Winter Clothing Drive
Blankfest Quebec Concert Inspired By NYC Winter Clothing Drive Rock fans raised more than 700 winter clothing items for Montreal’s homeless on Feb. 25, including 259 shirts, 90 sweaters and 107 pants. Everything collected at the third annual Blankfest Quebec went to Old Brewery Mission, established in 1890. “Montreal’s winter is really cold and harsh,” event organizer Jon Asher tells…
Like Oasis, Beady Eye Continues Support of Teenage Cancer Trust
Like Oasis, Beady Eye Continues Support of Teenage Cancer Trust Beady Eye, the new band from former Oasis members, including frontman Liam Gallagher, is continuing its support of a charity that helps young people fight cancer. “We’re behind the Teenage Cancer Trust in the U.K.,” guitarist Andy Bell, who joined Oasis as the bassist in 1999, tells Samaritanmag. “All the band is,” adds Gallagher…
Damien Hirst Painted Guitar Sells For $146,730 To Benefit War Child
Damien Hirst Painted Guitar Sells For $146,730 To Benefit War Child Photo credit:Prudence Cuming AssociatesA Canadian-made Carparelli guitar painted by famed British artist Damien Hirst sold for $146,730 (U.S.) at Christie's showroom in London, England, on February 17. All proceeds went to War Child U.K., an international organization which supports…
Australian Flood Relief CD Includes Springsteen, Foo Fighters, P!nk, Bob Dylan and 55 More
Australian Flood Relief CD Includes Springsteen, Foo Fighters, P!nk, Bob Dylan and 55 More Kings of Leon, Bruce Springsteen, Bon Jovi, Jeff Buckley, Beyonce, Foo Fighters, P!nk, Sting, John Mayer, Bob Dylan and Australia’s own Keith Urban, Powderfinger, Midnight Oil, Hoodoo Gurus and Crowded House are just a sample of the artists whose tracks Sony Music…
Neil Young To Receive The Allan Waters Humanitarian Award At Junos
Neil Young To Receive The Allan Waters Humanitarian Award At Junos Neil Young hasn't attended the Juno Awards in 29 years, but the Canadian music legend will be on hand to accept the 2011 Allan Waters Humanitarian Award at the 40th anniversary show, March 27, at Toronto's Air Canada Centre. Young, co-founder of Farm Aid and the Bridge School Benefit…
Nicole Atkins Is Involved with Causes Near and Far
Nicole Atkins Is Involved with Causes Near and Far Nicole AtkinsNicole Atkins doesn’t have any sociopolitical songs on her forthcoming album, Mondo Amore — it’s all about her failed relationship — but on the side, when she’s not writing or performing, she gets involved with some causes close to her heart, one near; one far. At home, in her native New…
Musician Tom Waits and Photographer Michael O'Brien Team Up On Book To Help Homeless
Musician Tom Waits and Photographer Michael O'Brien Team Up On Book To Help Homeless Tom WaitsMusician Tom Waits and photographer Michael O’Brien have teamed up for a hard cover book called Hard Ground, hoping to bring to light the hardships and realities facing the homeless, and Waits is releasing a limited-edition chap-book based on a lengthy poem…
Shad and Dallas Green Choose Skate4Cancer For EP Proceeds
Shad and Dallas Green Choose Skate4Cancer For EP Proceeds Dallas Green and ShadRapper Shad and singer Dallas Green of Alexisonfire and City and Colour have selected Rob Dyer’s Skate4Cancer charity as the recipient of all profits from the sale of their new collaboration, Shad & Dallas:Two Songs. "I'm inspired by the integrity and compassion that…
World Jazz For Haiti Double CD Raises Thousands
World Jazz For Haiti Double CD Raises Thousands In just three months, the World Jazz for Haiti double CD has raised $7,000 for the Canadian Red Cross Haiti Earthquake Appeal fund from sales in 20 countries. “Most of the sales at this point are from physical copies of the CD,” musical director/producer George Koller tells Samaritanmag. “Online sales only…
INXS' Fortune and Pengilly: Pet Owners Need To Qualify
INXS' Fortune and Pengilly: Pet Owners Need To Qualify INXS singer JD Fortune and guitarist/saxophonist Kirk PengillyKirk Pengilly have some strong views on who should be able to own a pet. “I reckon you should do a driving-style license and go through a rigorous frickin’ psychiatric everything to own an animal; same with a baby because there are so…
2010's MusiCounts Teacher of the Year Ensures Music Lessons For Low-income Kids
2010's MusiCounts Teacher of the Year Ensures Music Lessons For Low-income Kids Rock band Billy Talent with 2011 MusiCounts teacher of the year, Marian Cheney — Photo credit: Barry RodenThe Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (CARAS) has named Toronto’s Marian Cheney 2010’s MusiCounts teacher of the year. For 20 years, she has been…
INXS Member Promotes Eye Health After Glaucoma Scare
INXS Member Promotes Eye Health After Glaucoma Scare Kirk PengillyKirk Pengill, the bespectacled guitarist/saxophonist of Australian rock group INXS, has been involved with numerous charities over the decades from Greenpeace to Amnesty International. None, however, is more dear to him than The Eye Foundation for which he's an ambassador. “I almost lost…
Does Michael Franti Agree With Neil Young: That Music No Longer Has The Power To Change The World?
Does Michael Franti Agree With Neil Young: That Music No Longer Has The Power To Change The World? Photo credit: James MinchinIn February, 2008, Neil Young — the man who penned the protest song “Ohio” and 2006’s anti-Bush album Living with War — told a media conference in Germany, “I think that the time when music could change the world is past,”…