Charity
Whose Strings Are You Wearing?
You can choose between rock recycled bangles described as ‘Handmade one-of-a-kind bangle style bracelets crafted from used & recycled guitar strings and packaged in a paper string envelope’, one-size-fits-all, classic guitar string bracelet made from REAL guitar strings, which will bend and shape to suit any wrist, or another kind, made from REAL bass strings!
Julian Lennon's White Feather Foundation
How did he escape the ‘wild child’ celeb spotlight and evolve into a successful and conscious adult? Considering his social level within Beatle land its a wonder he’s not a bitter old man.
All Proceeds From Tomas Doncker Band's "…A Slight Return" EP To Go To Charity
As Tomas clearly states: “all money from sales of this album go to the Studio Samuels Organization”
Syd Mandelbaum Leads Rock And Wrap Its War On Poverty
“We have probably the leanest of staffs for what we do. And since 1991 we have fed over one billion people. “
Miley Cyrus Battles UV Rays With Her Clothes Off
“We Can’t Stop” has killed off Hannah Montana forever and now the future is hers… with or without her underwear on
Damon Albarn And Flea Get Together To Help Syria: Which Side?
There are actually ten records available, and Oxfam will be holding an auction on ebay for the lot
Dropkick Murphys With Help From Bruce Springsteen Release EP For Boston
I’ll give it two out of three. “Rose Tattoo” has a great vocal performance by young Bruce and the second verse is a real keeper. The song is not a classic but this version has all the passion it needs to make it real.
Tim McGraw And the Home Front Foundation
The first responsibility of Government is to protect its citizens and without a strong militia you will soon find how easy it is to lose your country
A Fundraiser In Connecticut For Mayla, Aaron Embry's Daughter
I remember seeing Aaron Embry at a 2002 Elliott Smith gig at the Echo, he played a few songs with him, but he even toured with him and recorded the song ‘Pretty (Ugly Before)’. Later in his career, he performed with Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, but he played and recorded with many artists, like Daniel Lanois, Willie Nelson, Emmylou Harris. Last year, he released his own work a solo album entitled ‘Tiny Prayers’
Bono Give Another Of His Grandiloquent TED Conferences
‘That’s the zero zone’….’For numbers crunchers like us, that’s the erogenous zone. It’s fair to say I’m sexually aroused by the collating of data.’
Rock the Cash-bah, The Evolution of Charity In Music
The point is always that celebrities want to use their fame to help others. Actually, their managers use their fame for positive public relations. Is there any money in this act?
Project 143 Winter Auction In Action
Pretty cool bands involved- this must be for the alt kids and thus a charity dear to me. Not everyone wants to meet Adam Levine, on the contrary I would prefer to never have that opportunity.
Rhythms Del Mundo Take Western Pop And Give It African Beats
The album, Rhtyhms Del Mundo: Africa starts with a misstep, the Coldplay remix of”Viva La Vida” doesn’t work and neither does Beyonce. But it is clear sailing after that, with Plan B a seamless meeting of forms and Mumford and Sons “Timsel” the highlight of the entire enterprise.
Not With The Band: We Have To Take Care Of Our Own, But Who Are Our Own?
In the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, have you heard about Haiti? The hurricane hit them hard, really hard, the world’s poorest country has declared a state of emergency as 70% of the crops have been destroyed, the flood has raised fears of a resurgence of cholera, and one and one half million Haitians are at serious risk of hunger
Meet Barbra Streisand!
Meet the incomparable Barbra Streisand with 2 top level house seat tickets to one of her upcoming US shows! These amazing tickets are not available through Ticketmaster
Mogwai Join Many Influential Artists In A Giant Compilation Inspired By The Occupy Movement
Jackson Browne, Patti Smith, Deborah Harry, Willie Nelson, Michael Moore (ha! Covering Dylan!) UNKLE, Mogwai, Ladytron, Joan Baez & Steve Earle, Ani DiFranco, Thievery Corporation, Thee Oh Sees, Tom Morello as well as many emerging artists.
'Every Mother Counts Volume 2’, a compilation for charity
there are the usual suspects, Bono, The Edge, Chris Martin, Eddie Veder, and Sting who jumped on the project as predicted. However, I am intrigued by Beck’s ‘Corrina,
A Reasonable Proposal for U2's Money
With his $736 million U2 could almost finance one year of research on HIV vaccine, not negligible, or at least, they could rectify that drop in the funding these recent years.
Bono On The Daily Show For World AIDS Day
Bono arrives in the Daily show with his messiah aura, but in reality, he will always make his interests come first: Stewart will certainly never ask Bono what happened to his wife’s company, Edun, the organic clothing company destined to provide jobs in Africa: when finances looked bad
Henry Rollins Hosts Charity Concert
The show will be a benefit concert and all proceeds will go to Drop In The Bucket, a Los Angeles-and-Uganda-based organization, that constructs wells and sanitation systems in sub-Saharan Africa in order to provide clean water to populations
JBJ Soul Kitchen, Pay What You'd Like
an hour of volunteering pays for your meal
Bright Eyes to Cover White Stripe's "We're Going To Be Friends" For Charity
“even Einstein couldn’t study on an empty stomach”
New Order To Reform Without Peter Hook
New Order is reforming to play on October 17 at Ancienne Belgique in Brussels and October 18 at La Bataclan in Paris
Two Years After rock nyc Warned And Warned, Corruption Rife In Haiti, Rolling Stone Reports
Rolling Stone and the Entertainment industry should be throughly ashamed of their hapless abrogation of responsibilty for Haiti’s relief funds
Lady Gaga being sued for her Japan wristbands
allegedly profiting from the sales of these little bracelets
Neil Young Is Musicares Person of The Year
great cause, a great organization providing a vital service