There’s something about Haiti and kid’s music. Heidi Swedberg has been there. Dre Towey, Liz Mitchell, Dirty Sock Funtime Band, Laurie Berkner, Suzi Shelton and others have performed live to raise money for aid organizations doing important work there. And then there’s the granddaddy of all kindie Haitian relief efforts: […]
I sorta cannot believe that I haven’t written about this already, as it may be the most ambitious and worthwhile kindie music project of 2010. It also may be one of the finest. The Many Hands ‘Family Music for Haiti’ CD is a compilation featuring some of the best and […]
A nearly last minute, quick heads-up for NYC-area readers: This Sunday at The Bowery Poetry Club there’s another special musical fundraising effort, this time specifically for the children of Haiti. It’s called Kids Helping Kids. A $5 (minimum) donation goes straight to an orphanage in the island country. You may […]
Starting today, and running for the next 2 weeks, CDBaby will be donating $1 to the Red Cross and to Mercy Corps for every single CD (and album download over $8.99) sold. That’s pretty impressive. It got me thinking that now, RIGHT NOW (or at some point over the next […]
Natural disasters suck. Our country’s response to people/nations in crisis is outstanding. I already told you about kid’s musician Dre Towey’s fundraising efforts for the people of Haiti. Now comes word of a kiddie rock concert in New York City, featuring some of the finest female rockers in the Big […]
In reaction to the massive earthquake that recently shook Haiti, kid’s musician Dre Towey is leading a fundraising effort to deliver much needed monetary support, through the non-profit Haiti Lumiere De Demain. It’s feared that more than 100,000 Haitians have died. The capital city of Port-au-Prince is reported to have […]
