FM Collective and Rain Light Fade Join Forces to Present a Benefit Concert Supporting MusiCares
“With the spectacular success of Alice in Chains, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden and Nirvana, the Northwest music scene is a bona fide phenomenon, a success story in a nation starving to hear one.”
–The Rolling Stone, 1992
Welcome back to Grunge City.
Thirty years after Cameron Crowe captured a moment in cultural and musical history with the hit movie, Singles, FM Collective and Rain Light Fade are excited to announce The Singles Soundtrack Experience— a virtual concert benefitting MusiCares, an organization that provides a safety net of critical assistance for music people in times of need.
The Singles Soundtrack Experience, premiering on February 14th at 7:00 PM PST, will be a musical celebration that allows fans to re-live the soundtrack of a movie and movement that defined an era and a city. Livestreamed through Kirkland Performance Center this special benefit concert will feature some of the artists that were instrumental in putting the grunge scene and Seattle, on the map.
The concert will be performed by Seattle recording artists Rain Light Fade, who will be joined by additional artists, including: Ben Smith (Heart, Lovemongers) Mike Inez (Alice in Chains), Glenn Cannon(Windowpane/Bruiser Body/The Damage Done), Jeff Fielder (Mark Lanegan Band, Amy Ray), Eric Lilavois (Producer, London Bridge Studio), Jeff Rouse (Loaded, Alien Crime Syndicate), Ryan Waters (Sade, Liv Warfield), Krystle Pyette & Brittany Lauren (Limberlost), Kyyle Cort (Superfekta), Kathy Moore (Super Power Tria), Aisha (from the all-female Soundgarden tribute band, Bleedtogether), and a special welcoming from Nancy Wilson (Heart, Lovemongers).
Images from famed Seattle photographer, Karen Mason-Blair, will also be featured throughout the show to visually capture the zeitgeist of the time and scene.
ABOUT MUSICARES:
MusiCares helps the humans behind music because music gives so much to the world. Offering preventive, emergency, and recovery programs, MusiCares is a safety net supporting the health and welfare of the music community. Founded by the Recording Academy in 1989 as a U.S. based 501(c)(3) charity, MusiCares safeguards the well-being of all music people through direct financial grant programs, networks of support resources, and tailored crisis relief efforts.
For more information please visit: www.MusiCares.org. Tickets are available at KPCenter.
