Music
March Is Music Therapy Awareness Month
March Is Music Therapy Awareness Month Staff at Snoeshoe Sam's in Kelowna, BC support A Night Out For Music Heals — photo via Music Heals Instagram pageWhile many people will be using the month of March to plan holiday getaways, the folks at Music Heals will be hard at work for Music Therapy Awareness Month, a month-long campaign to illustrate the value…
Rihanna Gets Harvard University Humanitarian of the Year Award
Rihanna Gets Harvard University Humanitarian of the Year Award Rihanna accepting her humanitarian award — photo via Harvard Foundation's official YouTube channelPop musician Rihanna has been awarded Harvard University's 2017 Peter J. Gomes Humanitarian Award. The star behind hit songs like "Umbrella" and "Work" started her Believe Foundation in 2006 and…
Kris Kristofferson Presents Bruce Cockburn with First-ever People's Voice Award
Kris Kristofferson Presents Bruce Cockburn with First-ever People's Voice Award Bruce Cockburn holds his People's Voice Award Feb 15, presented by Kris Kristofferson — photo credit: Brian HethermanBruce Cockburn will need to clear some space on the proverbial mantel. On Wednesday (Feb. 15), the legendary Canuck singer/songwriter and activist…
Why the Family of Late Vinyl Café Host Stuart McLean Asks for Donations for Camp Kanawana
Why the Family of Late Vinyl Café Host Stuart McLean Asks for Donations for Camp Kanawana The Vinyl Cafe host Stuart McLean died Feb. 15 of melanoma — photo credit: Vinyl Cafe Facebook pageStuart McLean would be the first person to seek out the upbeat amid the sadness. The beloved host of CBC Radio's The Vinyl Café — also a bestselling author and award-…
Adele, Beyoncé, Lady Gaga Items Part Of Grammy Foundation Auction
Adele, Beyoncé, Lady Gaga Items Part Of Grammy Foundation Auction Foo Fighters' Dave Grohl holding the autographed album up for auction — photo via Grammy Auctions eBay pageUnique memorabilia from the likes of Lady Gaga, Beyonce, Adele, Stevie Nicks and many more high profile musical acts are up for auction right now to support the Grammy Foundation and…
Watch Tom Petty’s MusiCares Speech; Event Raises $8.5 Million and Counting
Watch Tom Petty’s MusiCares Speech; Event Raises $8.5 Million and Counting Tom Petty accepts MusiCares Person of the Year honour — photo credit: screenshot. The Music Cares Person of the Year tribute to the legendary Tom Petty on Friday night (Feb. 10, 2017) at the Los Angeles Convention Center raised $8.5 million (USD) “and counting” for MusiCares,…
1000 Days Of Protest Songs Set to Mark Next Four Years
1000 Days Of Protest Songs Set to Mark Next Four Years 1000 Days, 1000 Songs — graphic via 30 Days, 30 Songs Facebook pageIf nothing else good comes out of the next four years, at least it will have a great musical soundtrack. A pair of interconnected musical projects have been unveiled that will provide music for the resistance against U.S. President…
Guess Who's Protest Song Enters Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame
Guess Who's Protest Song Enters Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame The Guess Who in 1970 — photo courtesy LibertyInkThe Guess Who's 1970 protest song "Hand Me Down World" has been inducted into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame (CSHF), by the Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada (SOCAN), the performing rights organization…
Happy Birthday Gord Downie: Let's Raise More Money for His Charities
Happy Birthday Gord Downie: Let's Raise More Money for His Charities Live shot of The Tragically Hip 2016 — photo credit: David Bastedo. The Tragically Hip's frontman Gord Downie turns 53 today. Let’s reignite the flood of donations for his charities, which were set up following the announcement a year ago that he had glioblastoma, an aggressive…
Q&A: Robbie Robertson on Why He Kept Quiet for Years About His Heritage
Q&A: Robbie Robertson on Why He Kept Quiet for Years About His Heritage Robbie Robertson on the Six Nations Reserve with his first ax — photo courtney of R.R.Robbie Robertson’s memoir, Testimony, covers a short but transformative period in the 73-year-old’s life — from birth to 1976. The former guitarist and principal songwriter in The Band, now a…
Former Great Big Sea's Séan McCann To Perform At National Music Centre for Bell Let’s Talk Day
Former Great Big Sea's Séan McCann To Perform At National Music Centre for Bell Let’s Talk Day Séan McCann — photo via Seanmccannsings.comFormer Great Big Sea member Séan McCann will perform at the National Music Centre in Calgary as part of Bell Let’s Talk Day's mental health awareness events happening Jan. 25. McCann will be be part of a full day…
Read Madonna's Women's March on Washington Speech
Read Madonna's Women's March on Washington Speech Madonna performing at the Women's March On Washington — photo via the official Madonna Twitter accountPop musician Madonna made a passionate speech at the Women's March On Washington on Jan. 21 to about half-a-million attendees and even more watching on TV. "Are you still awake out there? Are…
Arcade Fire and Mavis Staples Release Charity Song To Support American Civil Liberties Union
Arcade Fire and Mavis Staples Release Charity Song To Support American Civil Liberties Union Arcade FireArcade Fire have released the new protest song "I Give You Power" to support the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). The Canadian indie rock band's song prominently features gospel-soul singer and civil rights activist Mavis Staples joining the…
Buffy Sainte-Marie to Receive Allan Waters Humanitarian Award At Juno Awards
Buffy Sainte-Marie to Receive Allan Waters Humanitarian Award At Juno Awards Buffy Sainte-Marie — photo by Annie LeibotvitzSongwriting legend and activist Buffy Sainte-Marie, whose songs include "Universal Soldier" and "Now That the Buffalo's Gone," will be this year's recipient of the Allan Waters Humanitarian Award at the 2017 Juno Gala Dinner &…
A Concert-goer's Message To Security Guard Kirk Wilson
A Concert-goer's Message To Security Guard Kirk Wilson Kirk Wilson — photo credit: GoFundMe page.I didn’t personally know security guard and bouncer Kirk Wilson, but I know in my decades of going to concerts in Toronto he has kept me safe. “You would recognize his face,” I was told by a close friend who knew him. And I do, now that I’ve seen his…