Musicians
Q&A: Sean Paul Opens Up About Living With Asthma and Isolating for Five Months
Q&A: Sean Paul Opens Up About Living With Asthma and Isolating for Five Months Sean Paul — photo credit: Fernando Hevia Grammy-winning dancehall and reggae artist Sean Paul has suffered from asthma since age 14. The disease — which affects roughly 300 million worldwide, and increases its prevalence by 50% every decade — is a respiratory disease that…
Hayden's Dream Serenade Benefit Concert Returns to Massey Hall
Hayden's Dream Serenade Benefit Concert Returns to Massey Hall Hayden — photo provided by Massey Hall. The Dream Serenade charitable concert will return to Toronto’s Massey Hall on Nov. 12 to support children with developmental and/or physical disabilities and their caregivers. Dream Serenade began in 2014 as a way for musician Hayden Desser and…
Women Who Rock Concert Supports Female Health Research
Women Who Rock Concert Supports Female Health Research Four-time Grammy Award winner Aimee Mann, Flor De Toloache, Emily Wolfe, Daisy O’Dell and Graciela will perform at the fifth annual Women Who Rock, Presented by Gibson concert in support of Magee-Womens Research Institute on May 22 at The Novo in Los Angeles. The female-founded Women Who Rock helps educate, support and fund women-centric…
Kiesza NFTs To Raise Funds For 3D-Printed Prosthetic Limbs
Kiesza NFTs To Raise Funds For 3D-Printed Prosthetic Limbs Kiesza — photo provided by ReBlonde.Canadian singer and performer Kiesza and Irish 3D visual artist Luke Didlo have released the MetaMoves motion-capture non-fungible token (NFT) collection to raise money for the production of 3D-printed prosthetic limbs. NFT auction house Portion is donating all…
Signed Items, Advice And More In Make Music Matter Auction: Including Rush, The Tragically Hip, The Trews
Signed Items, Advice And More In Make Music Matter Auction: Including Rush, The Tragically Hip, The Trews Rock band The Trews with the guitar they signed for the Make Music Matter auction: photo provided. Face time with top producers, musical instruments, event tickets, conference passes, art, apparel, memorabilia, accessories and more are up for bid in…
Juno Awards Affiliated Music Education Charity Announces Funding to 78 Schools
Juno Awards Affiliated Music Education Charity Announces Funding to 78 Schools MusiCounts' students with brass instruments — photo provided by Strut. Canada’s MusiCounts music education charity will distribute $874,500 in musical instruments and equipment to 78 schools schools across Canada as part of the latest funding round of its Band Aid Program.…
Simple Plan To Donate Money From Video To Ukrainian Relief Efforts
Simple Plan To Donate Money From Video To Ukrainian Relief Efforts All money generated by YouTube views of Simple Plan’s new “Wake Me Up (When This Nightmare’s Over)” video will be donated to Ukrainian relief efforts through the UNICEF Ukraine Emergency Appeal. The Montreal-based pop-punk band is also donating a portion of the proceeds from tickets sold throughout its current tour via its own…
Lips Turn Blue Licenses Video To Raise Funds For Ukrainian Refugees
Lips Turn Blue Licenses Video To Raise Funds For Ukrainian Refugees Upstate New York rock band Lips Turn Blue has released a video for its song “Pray For Tomorrow” that speaks to the war in Ukraine and other tragic situations in the world, and will grant limited time usage licenses for it to organizations raising funds for Ukrainian refugees. “If this video can help bring awareness to the…
Metallica Hopes To Raise $1 Million For World Central Kitchen By End of May
Metallica Hopes To Raise $1 Million For World Central Kitchen By End of May Metallica — photo credit: All Within My Hands Metallica’s All Within My Hands has donated $500,000, on top of a recent $100,000 grant, to help feed Ukrainian refugees through World Central Kitchen. The metal band’s goal is to raise $1 million for World Central Kitchen by May 31…
Songs For Ukraine Part of Creators For Ukraine Initiative
Songs For Ukraine Part of Creators For Ukraine Initiative CISAC, the global confederation of authors societies, has launched a support fund dedicated to helping the victims of the war in Ukraine. The fund is part of a wider initiative called Creators for Ukraine that aims to unite the global creative community in support of creators and refugees forced…
Agnostic Front, Faith No More, Rammstein and Stabbing Westward Members Come Together
Agnostic Front, Faith No More, Rammstein and Stabbing Westward Members Come Together Members of Agnostic Front, Faith No More, Rammstein and Stabbing Westward, as well as Canada’s Lukas Rossi and dozens of other musicians and singers, have banded together under the name Lifeline International to record an interpretation of The Beatles’ “Come Together” to…
ACFS To Benefit From Doja Cat’s House Party Video Game
ACFS To Benefit From Doja Cat’s House Party Video Game Entertainer Doja Cat will become a character in the House Party video game, which will donate a portion of its proceeds to South African non-profit organization ACFS. Doja Cat chose ACFS as the charity to benefit from House Party. The Johannesburg-headquartered organization was established in 1945…
The Chicks Partnering With Environmental Non-profit REVERB For Tour
The Chicks Partnering With Environmental Non-profit REVERB For Tour The Chicks — photo credit: Robin Harper.The Chicks, formerly known as the Dixie Chicks, will embark on a 27-city North American tour in June and are partnering with environmental non-profit REVERB to make it more environmentally sustainable while engaging fans to take action for people…