Look To The Stars News: Patti Smith

REM To Be Honored With Charity Tribute Show

Thu, 05 Mar 2009 13:00:00 -0000

Rocker Patti Smith is to headline a tribute concert for REM next week.

The concert – which features 20 artists and bands performing the songs of the biggest band to ever come out of Athens, Georgia – will take place at Carnegie Hall on Wednesday, March 11, and will include Throwing Muses, Darius Rucker from Hootie and the Blowfish and many others.

Proceeds from the show will go to three organizations that provide music education for youth:

The American Symphony Orchestra and its Music Director Leon Botstein are committed to keeping great music alive and pertinent as a vital cultural force. ASO’s ambitious music educational program, Music Notes, serves tens of thousands of middle and high-school students in the NY Metro area, particularly those from low and moderate-income households. Through teacher training programs, Music Notes integrate the study of music and concerts into existing broader curriculums.

Church Street School for Music & Art is the only not-for-profit school for the arts in Lower Manhattan serving as a community center supporting a diverse audience with affordable arts programming. The process oriented approach facilitates music education through skill building and development of technique in performance.

The Mr. Holland’s Opus Foundation donates new and refurbished musical instruments to underserved schools, community music programs and individual students nationwide, in an effort to give youngsters the many benefits of music education, help them to be better students and inspire creativity and expression through playing music.

VIP ticket holders will be treated to the private artist reception taking place at City Winery featuring cuisine designed by Mario Batali after the show.

Tickets and more info are available here.

Steve Earle To Rock Concert For Tibet

Fri, 23 Jan 2009 14:00:00 -0000

Written by Tim Saunders

Veteran rocker Steve Earle is to headline a concert to benefit Tibet House.

The Grammy-winning singer will join stars such as Angélique Kidjo, Keb Mo, Patti Smith and Monks from the Drepung Gomang Monastery in a concert to raise money for Tibet House, a facility that aims to promote and preserve Tibetan culture by serving as both a cultural center in New York City and an online global resource for those interested in Tibetan civilization.

Tibet House US is dedicated to preserving Tibet’s unique culture at a time when it is confronted with extinction on its own soil. By presenting Tibetan civilization and its profound wisdom, beauty, and special art of freedom to the people of the world, they hope to inspire others to join the effort to protect and save it.

Tibet House US is part of a worldwide network of Tibetan institutions committed to ensuring that the light of the Tibetan spirit never disappears from the face of this earth.

The concert – which has been held annually since 1993 – takes place on February 3 at Carnegie Hall and includes a benefit dinner. Tickets are available now for $35 – $85. More information and bookings can be found at the Tibet House website.

Coldplay and Beastie Boys Give, Listen, Help.

Sat, 01 Sep 2007 18:59:47 -0000

Written by Myrlia Purcell

The Beastie Boys and Coldplay are among the musicians who are supporting the joint efforts of Urban Outfitters and Filter Magazine in raising money for charity.

The fourth installment of the “Give. Listen. Help.” compilation is raising funds for The Art of Elysium, with $12.88 of every $14 CD purchase going to help hospitalized children through art. Past beneficiaries include Susan G. Komen for the Cure and the American Red Cross’s hurricane relief efforts.

The two CD set is as follows:

DISC ONE:

Beastie Boys – The Mix-Up (b-side)
Coldplay – Pour Me (live at the Hollywood Bowl)
Band of Horses – The End’s Not Near
Rilo Kiley – Big Break
Hot Hot Heat – Money & Reputation
The Stooges – Claustrophobia
Kaiser Chiefs – Out Of My Depth
Travis – Up the Junction
The Go! Team – Bull in the Heather
The Decemberists – Shankill Butchers
Menomena – Gay A
Cold War Kids – A Change Is Gonna Come (Live)
The A-Sides – Diamonds (Live @ WOXY.com)
Annie Stela – White June
Mew – White Lips Kissed (Live in Japan)
Two Sheds – Psycho Killer
Patti Smith – Perfect Day

DISC TWO:

Silversun Pickups – Lazy Eye (Brian LeBarton Remix)
Blonde Redhead – Signs Along the Path (Maps Remix)
Interpol – The Heinrich Maneuver (The Scientist Dub Mix)
Air – Mer du Japon (Remix by the Teenagers)
Peter Bjorn & John – Young Folks (Punks Jump Up remix)
The Wolfmen – Jackie Says (Alan Moulder mix)
The Pipettes – We Are The Pipettes (Live from The Cherrytree House)
Carina Round – January Heart (Buffalo Bill Remix)
Low – Hatchet (Optimimi Version)
Mando Diao – Good Morning Herr Horst (RAC remix)
Magnet – Hold On (Metronomy mix)
The View – Face For The Radio (Live at Caird Hall)
The Maccabees – XRay (filthy dukes remix)
Ladytron – Soft Power (Vicarious Bliss Gutter mix)
Datarock – Fa Fa Fa (Riton New School Remix)
Fields – Song for the Fields (Eliot James Remix)

The Art of Elysium encourages working actors, artists and musicians to dedicate their time and talent to children battling serious medical conditions.

“Give. Listen. Help.” is available at Urban Outfitter locations around the world.

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