Lake Ontario Waterkeeper's Swim Drink Fish Music Club Confirms More Bands

A short while ago I wrote about this awesome fundraising initiative (see the post here). Ryan over at Lake Ontario Waterkeeper tells me they have plenty of great Canadian acts signed up to provide you with exclusive content if you become a member of the Swim Drink Fish Music Club. Here's a list of the confirmed bands so far (and a great list it is):

Gord Downie and The Sadies, Ghost Bees, Sarah Harmer, Great Lake Swimmers, Emma Lee, Wintersleep, Land of Talk, Dave Bidini, Apostle of Hustle, Ohbijou, Chris Brown and Kate Fenner, Arkells, Marco Benevento, Shade, Collen and Paul, The Gertrudes, Billy the Kid, Zeroes, The Billie Hollies, The Violet Archers, Carmen Townsend, Black Diamond Bay, Provincial Parks, Jessie Dangerously, Immaculate Machine, Don Vail, The Abrams Brothers and - just announced - Clothes Make the Man.

The Club's website is up and live now, thought it will continue to be tweaked until the big launch occurs. For only $9.99 (what a deal!!!), you can get a one-year membership to the Club. Membership features include:

- access to monthly feature artists

- weekly indie artist releases

- each song features a "Story" - an audio clip from the artist explaining why they chose to get involved

- access to news and info from local waterkeepers

- access to Lake Ontario Waterkeeper's weekly radio show, Living at the Barricades

- access to an 18-20 weekly news segment by Waterkeeper Alliance President Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

- access to the entire back catalogue from their first compilation, At the Barricades Vol. 1

- of course, GREAT CANADIAN MUSIC!

Right now, the Club has one new feature song from Chris Brown and Kate Fenner, entitled The Waterkeeper. Kate's story: she and Chris believe that "access to clean water should be a basic human right". But the song also reflects the "magic of water...to inspire a sense of gratitude and wonder in the face of this great life-giving force". Join now to get access to this and many more great songs.

If you are an artist, there is no deadline for you to get involved. Lake Ontario Waterkeeper is still encouraging artists interested in contributing an exclusive track to contact Ryan at [email protected] with a link to their material.

This is a fantastic initiative to support a great cause: check it out when you can.