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Musicians in Canada join the fight for climate justice
New groups like Music Declares Emergency and Climate Live are inspiring urgent climate action and a more sustainable music scene By Richard Trapunski
Samuel Engelking
Moscow Apartment s Brighid Fry (left) and the Weather Station s Tamara Lindeman are two of the artists playing this week s Climate Live concert.
Brighid Fry has grown up in the climate movement.
A constant presence by the side of her mother Kim Fry, who worked for Greenpeace and other climate activist groups, she’s been going to climate protests since she was a baby.
“I remember being three or four and people would ask me ‘are you going to be a climate activist like your mom?’ And I’d be like, ‘no, I’m going to become a famous rock star. And then when I speak about climate stuff, people will listen,’” recalls the 18-year-old musician, who plays in the Toronto folk-rock duo Moscow Apartment with Pascale Padilla.
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Several Canadian artists are raising awareness about the global climate crisis with a livestream event called Climate Live, airing this Saturday (April 24).
Among the dozens of Canadian artists who have signed on to pledge their commitment to climate awareness, 13 acts have announced their plans to participate in this weekend s livestream, which features a variety of artists from across the globe.
See the full lineup of Canadian artists participating below.
The Climate Live event is being presented by Music Declares Emergency an organization that s been launched in Canada with the help of Moscow Apartment member Brighid Fry and Caroline Brooks of the Good Lovelies. The Canadian chapter of the initiative launched late last month, and over 200 homegrown artists have cosigned the organization s
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