A Japanese music foundation has sold a renowned Stradivarius violin for $16 million at auction to raise money for tsunami disaster relief. The nonprofit Nippon Foundation owned the 1721 violin, which was rarely played, and decided it could be put to better use: The needs of our fellow Japanese people after the March 11 tragedy have proven that we all need to help, in any way we can.
The CMA Foundation has donated another $1.4 million to benefit music education programs for Nashville's public schoola through its Keep the Music Playing campaign, bringing the total to more than $6.1 million.
Jean Dennis is a nurse near Ithaca, New York, who helps care for Brent Larsen during his trials with Muscular Dystrophy and life on a ventilator.
Neil Young was honored Friday in Los Angeles as the 2010 Person of the Year by MusiCares, an organization that provides emergency care and financial assistance to musicians in need.
Do you have a collection of concert tee shirts in the back of your closet from your old rocker days? A San Francisco artist named Ben Venom has come up with an unusual use for those old shirts — he sews them into quilts.
Legendary rockers Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend of the Who have come to the UCLA Medical Center to launch the first teen-and-young-adults-only cancer treatment unit in the United States.
The fifth annual New York Comedy Festival's Stand Up for Heroes gala featured comedy's best voices, Ricky Gervais, Seth Meyers and Jon Stewart, onstage at the Beacon Theater, but it was Bruce Springsteen who stole the show, auctioning his guitar to the highest bidder, raising $160K for the charity to support veterans.
New Yorkers did a double take this week when they spotted Bono beneath a cowboy hat singing with U2 on a subway platform, along with Tonight Show host Jimmy Fallon.
Seven-time Grammy Award-winning singer and musician John Mayer launches his first U.S. tour in two years on April 9, with 18 concerts that will raise money to benefit US veterans.
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After serving a 14-year sentence for murder, no one would have expected Sarah Jane Coffman to go anywhere near the Hiland Mountain Correctional Center once she was released. But every Saturday she makes the 10-mile drive with a viola in tow for orchestra practice at the prison just north of Anchorage. Coffman is a founding member of the women's string orchestra at the prison, playing since 2003.
When the microphone failed during her stellar rendition of the national anthem last week, the crowd came to her aid, jumping in without missing a beat. Watch the video.
Female inmates at Rikers Island are taking classes through the Stella Adler School of Acting outreach program, writing and performing their own pieces.
Farm Aid board members Willie Nelson, Neil Young, John Mellencamp & Dave Matthews are hosting the 30th charity concert for farmers in Chicago. Listen Live online...
Taylor Swift turned a dress rehearsal into a benefit concert and has already collected more than $750,000 for people affected by the recent deadly tornadoes in the South.
Hometown hero Dr. John, who this year was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, helped close out the first weekend of the New Orleans Jazz Fest on Sunday by jumping on piano during Bruce Springsteen's headlining set for a funky rendition of Something You Got. Afterward, Springsteen acknowledged the 71-year-old's unmatched piano work. It's all about that groove. You can't make that groove exactly in New Jersey.
A new look and confidence boost helped to get this musically-gifted homeless veteran off the Florida streets and performing again.
Last month Kevin Kennedy experienced a musician's worst nightmare after his white acoustic Yamaha Dave Navarro edition guitar was stolen at a local club. He shared the news on Twitter and Facebook and offered a $1,000 reward for the instrument's safe return. Last week, a brand-new guitar arrived in the mail - from Jane's Addiction guitarist Dave Navarro.
A pair of fans on their way to see the Dave Matthews Band in concert in Hershey, Pennsylvania were late -- but right on time. Instead of rushing by a stranded cyclist whose tire had blown, they stopped to help. Guess who the rider turned out to be? Dave Matthews himself, taking a pre-concert ride in the country without a cell phone, needed a ride back to the show.
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