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Adam Lambert Would Like to Start His Own Foundation Soon
Adam Lambert Would Like to Start His Own Foundation Soon Adam Lambert signs autographs at the 2015 MuchMusic Video Awards, Toronto — photo courtesy of Much.Singer Adam Lambert has backed a number of different charities since his rise to fame on American Idol six years ago. Most have a similar raison d'être — to bring acceptance, understanding, and…
Robin Thicke, Common, Nile Rodgers To Help Fulfill Nelson Mandela’s Wish
Robin Thicke, Common, Nile Rodgers To Help Fulfill Nelson Mandela’s Wish The late Nelson Mandela's wish was to build a state-of-the-art children's hospital in Johannesburg — photo credit: Legacy of Hope.Common, Robin Thicke and Chic featuring Nile Rodgers will be among the marquee performers hoping to bring one of the late Nelson Mandela's great dreams…
Guitars 4 Vets Helping Soldiers with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Guitars 4 Vets Helping Soldiers with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder John Shymo give vet Sean Maher a guitar lesson — photo courtesy of G4V.Jim Lowther, the founder and president of volunteer-run organization Vets Canada (formerly registered as Veterans' Emergency Transition Services Canada) which has 140,000 members, according to its web site, is the…
Popdose Charity Album To Help Publicist Pigeon O’Brien’s Cancer Fight
Popdose Charity Album To Help Publicist Pigeon O’Brien’s Cancer Fight Pigeon O'Brien with singer-songwriter Steve Poltz — photo courtesy of O'Brien.Pop culture website Popdose has released a compilation album to help a friend in the music business and fight multiple myeloma, a type of blood cancer that affects the plasma cells in the bone marrow. It’s the…
Donations Can Be Made in Memory of The Jellyfish Project’s Daniel Kingsbury, Dead at 28
Donations Can Be Made in Memory of The Jellyfish Project’s Daniel Kingsbury, Dead at 28 The late Daniel Kingsbury gives a talk about The Jellyfish Project — photo credit: from Facebook.The world's oceans have lost one of their protectors. The Jellyfish Project’s co-founder and former Mindil Beach singer Daniel Kingsbury, a staunch environmental advocate,…
Buffy Sainte-Marie Q&A: 50 Years of Activism and Music
Buffy Sainte-Marie Q&A: 50 Years of Activism and Music Buffy Sainte-Marie — photo credit: Annie Leibovitz.Buffy Sainte-Marie was 23 when she released her first album, It’s My Way, in 1964, and 51-years later the title track serves as the leadoff to her new album, Power in the Blood. “I’ve got my own path only I can go,” she sang all those years ago,…
Coldplay, U2, Kermit, Ed Sheeran Help Raise $10M For Inaugural Red Nose Day USA
Coldplay, U2, Kermit, Ed Sheeran Help Raise $10M For Inaugural Red Nose Day USA Kermit the Frog joins Ed Sheeran for Red Rose Day USA — photo credit: NBC YouTube Channel.When British rock band Coldplay unveiled their hilarious Game Of Thrones: The Musical to the world last night (May 21), it wasn't just a piece of brilliant tongue-in-cheek parody. The…
Interview with Guitarist Jason Becker Two decades After His ALS Diagnosis
Interview with Guitarist Jason Becker Two decades After His ALS Diagnosis Jason Becker does the Ice Bucket Challenge — screenshot from YouTube.One this past summer's biggest crazes was the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge, as hundreds if not thousands of people poured buckets of icy water over their heads, then posted video clips of the stunt to YouTube, all in…
Canadian Musicians On Board For Unison Jam and Big Announcement
Canadian Musicians On Board For Unison Jam and Big Announcement (L to R) SOCAN's Betsy Chaly, Unison Benevolent Fund's Jodie Ferneyhough and Catharine Saxberg — photo courtesy of Unison.Unison Benevolent Fund — the emergency relief services charity set up to help members of the Canadian music community — might finally be activating its financial…
Exclusive: Ascendia Premieres Video to Support Efforts of Red Cross
Exclusive: Ascendia Premieres Video to Support Efforts of Red Cross Ascendia — photo credit: screenshot from video.Toronto symphonic metal band Ascendia have made a hard-hitting 8-minute music video about religious warfare and extremism for their debut album’s title-track, “The Lion and The Jester,” premiering exclusively on Samaritanmag. It ends with a…
Neil Young Benefit Show to Support First Nation Oil Sands Legal Fight
Neil Young Benefit Show to Support First Nation Oil Sands Legal Fight Neil Young (centre) at last January's Honour the Treaties press conference, Massey Hall, Toronto — photo credit: Dustin Rabin. Neil Young has announced a new "Honour The Treaties" benefit concert to support the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation Legal Defense Fund. Set for July 3 at…
Children’s Hospice Charity of Choice for Jack Bruce Tribute Concert
Children’s Hospice Charity of Choice for Jack Bruce Tribute Concert The late Jack Bruce — photo credit: Tina Korhonen.A tribute concert featuring ex Cream drummer Ginger Baker, Joss Stone, Jethro Tull’s Ian Anderson, Roxy Music’s Phil Manzanera, Level 42’s Mark King and Living Colour’s Vernon Reid to celebrate the life of late Cream bassist-singer Jack…
Check out the UN's International Day of Happiness Song Playlist Curated By You
Check out the UN's International Day of Happiness Song Playlist Curated By You It’s Friday — the weekend is here. Are you feeling happy? Well, it is International Day of Happiness, as declared by the United Nations. Yes, the United Nations, so if you got out of the wrong side of the bed or your coffee maker crapped out on your this morning, then the…
Magic! Sponsors Music Teacher of the Year, Rock School's Steve Sainas
Magic! Sponsors Music Teacher of the Year, Rock School's Steve Sainas The members of Magic! with Teacher of the Year, Steve Sainas (centre), at the 2015 Juno Awards — photo credit: CARAS\iPhoto.Why are some students switching schools or, in some cases, making a daily two-hour round trip to attend Terry Fox Secondary School in Port Coquitlam, B.C.?…
International DJ and Pop Artist Glenn Morrison Says Hello To Charity
International DJ and Pop Artist Glenn Morrison Says Hello To Charity Glenn Morrison — photo credit: Mathew Guido.Pop music newcomer Glenn Morrison’s top 10 hit “Goodbye,” feat. Islove, has enabled the prolific international house DJ, producer, remixer and songwriter to reach an audience outside the EDM world. He can now add “pop artist” to his long list…