Metallica Feeds the Hungry on Every Stop of Their World Tour
This is just one way that the band has been benefiting thousands of people in need during their current world tour.
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DJ Spins Records From His Garden Shed Since 1974 for an Audience of One - His Wife
For the last 44 years, this self-made DJ has played for the "smallest audience in the world" from his garden shed - but that's about to change.
Renewal in Kansas City Jazz Scene Encouraging
Much as prognosticators claim to see green shoots in the nation's struggling economy, Kansas City's jazz scene demonstrated encouraging signs of renewed vigor after an extended period fraught with challenges.
"LandFill Harmonic" Orchestra Plays With Instruments Made of Trash
A youth orchestra in Paraguay whose players live in a town surrounded by a garbage landfill play instruments fashioned from scrap by the town elders. With the children inspired by a new passion and purpose, Beethoven never sounded so good.
Homeless Piano Player Stuns Viewers; Video Lands Him an Audition (WATCH)
A video uploaded to Facebook of a homeless man playing a "public piano," has become quite popular--and landed him the chance to audition for a paying gig.
Lullabies Reduce Pain in Children, Say Academics
A study at Great Ormond Street Hospital suggests lullabies do more than just help babies sleep – they reduce pain in sick children.
Abbey Road Studio Installs Live Webcam on Famous Beatles Crosswalk
The historic crosswalk in front of Abbey Road Studios now has a 24-hour live streaming camera focused on the iconic crossing to show tourists trying to recreate the famous Beatles lineup inr the Abbey Road album cover. Every day fans flock to the famous crossing next to the studio, and can be seen snapping photos of themselves walking in the steps of John, Paul, George and Ringo.
Orchestra Brings Joy In Midst of Desperate Congo
For decades, everything to come out of the Democratic Republic of Congo has not been good: civil war, child soldiers and atrocities against women. The fact that an orchestra managed to exist in the midst of all of this was remarkable. 200 musicians defy the poverty of their war-torn country in a symphony orchestra that moves the hearts of all who hear.
Upload Your Smiling Face to Yoko Ono's New Smile App
In the 1960s Yoko Ono conceived that her ultimate film would be one that included the smiling face of every person in the world. Now, her idea has come to life as an iPhone app. #Smilesfilm allows people around the world to upload snapshots of smiling faces. Users can view them all geographically on a map or in a moving slideshow chronologically.
Flash Mob Cheers Unemployment Office in Spain
A flashmob brought Smiles returning to the faces of crowds in an employment office in Madrid, Spain. Musicians planted themselves among the jobless, hiding their instruments, until one lone oboe began to play the opening notes to Here Comes the Sun by the Beatles. Little darling, it's been a long, cold, lonely winter.
Pharrell's Song Happy Joins UN for Intl Day of Happiness
Having just performed at the Academy Awards, where he sang his Oscar-nominated hit "Happy" and danced with A-list actresses in the front row, Pharrell Williams is partnering with the United Nations Foundation to promote the annual International Day of Happiness, Thursday, March 20.
Quadriplegic Gets Long Sought DJ Career Using Technology Made by Friend
A man who was left severely disabled after he was hit by a car in Northampton is now enjoying a career as a DJ, thanks to the use of a specially-adapted wheelchair, and his friend who created the computer program that runs it.
5-Year-old Signs for Deaf Parents During Holiday Concert
A kindergarten student at a holiday concert enthusiastically sang the songs with her classmates, but also used sign language and animated facial expressions to help her deaf parents in the audience enjoy the show.
Happiness Booster for the Public: Playing Harmonica Together
English villagers were invited to learn to play harmonicas together for a short film created as a metaphor for health and happiness. As part of the Happy Healthy Gateshead Project, the project aims to promote Britain's 5 Steps to Wellbeing
Strangers Hoist Disabled Fan So He Can See Favorite Concert
Two strangers became heroes at an Overland Park Blake Shelton concert last Saturday. Patrick Connelly's wheelchair kept him from being able to actually see his favorite country singer perform at the outdoor show. In the sweltering summer heat his mom and sister tried to hold him up but he was too heavy for them. Then, suddenly two strangers come over.
Deaf Musicians Play Loud and Proud
If, like us, you thought the deaf couldn't appreciate music, much less make music, prepare to be proven wrong. The amazing deaf percussion band ExtraOrdinary Horizons lays down some serious beats in Asia.
Elaborate Lip-Dub Marriage Proposal Earns "I Do" for Young Man
60 friends and relatives performed a choreographed marriage proposal in what the future-groom, Isaac Lamb, called the "first live lip-dub proposal". The elaborate routine, to the tune of "Marry You" by Bruno Mars, was designed to surprise his bride-to-be Amy Frankel, 33, of Portland, Ore.
North Korean Orchestra Visits Paris for First European Concert Ever
In a warming of ties between North and South Korea, a North Korean orchestra arrived in Paris today for a rare performance with a South Korean conductor. A joint-performance Wednesday with a French Philharmonic Orchestra will be the first concert by a North Korean orchestra in Europe.
Bionic Yarn From Plastic Bottles: A Rapper's Green Investment in Fashion
Rapper and clothing entrepreneur Pharrell Williams is a key investor in Bionic Yarn, a highly durable fiber composed of organic cotton wrapped around a core of recycled PET from plastic bottles, which has been woven into shoes, canvas bags, jackets and shirts by such companies as Timberland, and Cole Haan.
Michael Jackson's Children Imprint Father's Glove in Hollywood Cement (w/ Video)
Late pop star Michael Jackson was immortalized in cement on Thursday when his three children stamped the Thriller singer's glove and shoe prints in the hallowed concrete courtyard of Grauman's Chinese Theater in Hollywood. Jackson's daughter Paris, 13, imprinted her father's iconic silver sequined glove and scrawled his name into the cement, adding a heart in between Michael and Jackson.
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