Charity

Charity

January 27, 2021
by External Source

Dry Feb has raised more than $2 million for the Canadian Cancer Society over the past five years, and it’s putting on its biggest-ever marketing pu

Serena Ryder - photo provided by Black Box.
January 13, 2021
by External Source

New York-based sustainable housing organization Breaking Ground has partnered with Canadian singer-songwriter Serena Ryder to help clothe the city'

I See the Drea cover art
December 16, 2020
by Karen Bliss

Lebanese-Canadian Massari and Iraqi-Canadian Ali Gatie teamed up for a new song and video, I See The Dream (Badna Salam), promoting a global messag

YouTube capture
December 9, 2020
by Aaron Brophy

Canadian pop singer Ruth B.'s recent livestream concert performance has helped generate $201,634 to support musicians and music industry personnel

December 1, 2020
by FYI Staff

Always a highlight of the holiday season in Toronto, The Andy Kim Christmas Special returns this month, but this time as a television special on City TV and streamed globally by Live Nation.

A scene from I Am Greta — photo provided by Mongrel Media.
November 4, 2020
by Karen Bliss

I Am Greta director Nathan Grossman could never have known that the pigtailed teenager he chose to film when she sat by the wall of the Sw

October 29, 2020
by External Source

Canadian musicians facing the loss of income, job security and anxiety over their industry's future amid the global coronavirus pandemic has led th

October 7, 2020
by External Source

The Canadian Lung Association, which provides information on everything from qu

Bernie Breen. Pic supplied
October 5, 2020
by Karen Bliss

Taking over from Derrick Ross, the empathetic manager knows he has big shoes to fill, and fully understands the need the pandemic has created for the entire chain in the artistic community. Karen Bliss is the interviewer and Bernie rises to the challenge as he does daily as a talent manager who has been through crises and became a better person for it.

Crown Lands Cody Bowles and Kevin Comeau — photo credit: Travis Shinn.
September 17, 2020
by Karen Bliss

As a duo, Crown Lands would've been just as impressive wailing away that they need love or some variation of, but ever since Cody Bowles and Kevin

Salome Bey pic by Graham Bezant.
August 20, 2020
by Karen Bliss

The family of Canada’s First Lady of the Blues Salome Bey, who died Aug.

Martha Rogers. Pic: Rogers.com
June 17, 2020
by FYI Staff

The Rogers family has made a $60-million donation to various charities across Canada to offset the damage done to those most affected by the pandem