Blog Updates and inspiration

If you’re looking to expand your tastes in art, literature, and music…well, you’ve come to the right place. Many of the stories the rest of the world hears about Africa focus on the needs and challenges facing the continent. What we don’t hear enough about are all the rich ideas and achievements communities across Africa have […]

It’s been a hot minute since we’ve made you a Monday Mini Mixtape. And now that the summer is officially coming to a close, we thought we’d bring you the best of an endless summer list of hit songs created by a few of our favorite lady singers. Because we know who really runs the […]

Andy Allo is one heck of a gal. Just 25 years old, this native-born Cameroonian is already an established singer-songwriter, guitarist, pianist, model, and actress – she even performed on Jimmy Kimmel Live!. Not to mention she’s got just about the most amazing hair we’ve ever seen. On anybody. Ever. Andy is the newest addition […]

Our friends who brought us the hit single Ocean Avenue just released a powerful music video that’s all about the LRA. That’s right, we’ve teamed up with Yellowcard. This video accompanies their new track, “One Bedroom.” We think it’s pretty incredible. Watch for yourself: If this inspired you, we need you to take action. This project is more […]

The Frendly Gathering music festival provided another year’s worth of positive energy and ‘frendly vibes’ this summer at their festival in Vermont, and we were honored to have been a part of it. If you managed to go, we are sure you will want to re-live it, and if you didn’t… we want to give you a […]

We’ve been telling you all about the amazing artists we’re partnering with for the #MusicianCoalition. But today, for the first time, we’re giving you an exclusive listen to one of their new tracks. The talented Alex Vargas explains his involvement with this collaboration and the story behind his latest song, Solid Ground. It’s worth a […]

Our latest project brings two of our favorite things together: new music and social justice. We’re partnering with Rallysong, a crowd-funding, fan engagement platform that brings artists and fans together to rally for important causes. Seven incredible artists have joined us, and they all recorded some exclusive, unreleased tracks a few months ago at SXSW […]

We’ve been keeping tabs on our Warped Tour Roadies, Nathan and Catherine, as they travel across the country and spread the word about Invisible Children. They’ve met some incredible bands and Invisible Children supporters, and we love hearing their stories. This week, Catherine reflects on some of the random acts of kindness she’s seen on tour. And from what we can […]

Nathan Garcia is pretty awesome. He’s worked with Invisible Children for almost a year and now he’s traveling around the country on Warped Tour spreading the word about Invisible Children with his equally awesome teammate, Catherine. Oh, and we hear he’s pretty decent at handstands, too. He gave us a look at a day in his life, […]

Our Vans Warped Tour Roadies are living on a tour bus for about 10 weeks, traveling the country to spread the word about our mission. They get to join more than 120 incredible bands and 18 nonprofit organizations on the road: they’ll hit 42 cities by the end of the summer. Nathan Garcia is one of our […]