--taken from: Toronto Sun
by Errol Nazareth
Canadian Music Week, which starts Tuesday, is best known for giving us a chance to see nearly 1,000 bands at 60 venues in downtown Toronto. But it has also included a show which shows that music activism is very much alive.
The Come As You Are Benefit Concert for Youth Mental Health & The Arts features several artists performing their versions of Nirvana songs.
The list includes artists such as Andrew Scott and Gregory MacDonald of Sloan, The Hidden Cameras, DIANA, July Talk, By Divine Right, VAG HALEN, Luke Lalonde of Born Ruffians, Kathleen Munroe and Abstract Random.
Named after a Nirvana song, In Bloom is a series of events to commemorate the life of Kurt Cobain 20 years after his death, and to help reduce the stigma surrounding youth mental health and to promote the arts.
All proceeds from Come As You Are will be donated to Delisle Youth Services to support their counselling, arts, and LGBTQ programs.
--taken from: Toronto Sun
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