Singer Kaleb Davies and Drummer Ryan Dawson of the Torrance, CA based band The 131ers found themselves caught in the middle of Hurricane Irma during what was supposed to be a vacation in Puerto Rico. They had to participate in preparation efforts with people they had just met and now call friends while they rode out the storm in a hostel.
Upon their safe arrival home to California, Hurricane Maria followed up and absolutely devastated the island of Puerto Rico, directly impacting many of the people they left behind. In the wake of this, Kaleb and Ryan desperately wanted to do something to help. They started approaching other musicians and bands to put together a special compilation album to help raise money to go towards the on-going relief efforts.
Together they have founded Artists for Disaster Relief (www.afdrmusic.com), an organization they set up to bring musicians together to fund charity efforts around the world. Their first project, “Arecibo” is a compilation album to be released on January 9th via Pledge Music with all proceeds going to Friends of Puerto Rico (www.friendsofpuertorico.org.)
Order the album here: www.pledgemusic.com/afdr.
Hear more from the 131ers about this project here: https://youtu.be/h89127Afb2s.
In addition to the 131ers (http://the131ers.com) the following bands have contributed songs to this special release.
Kiev
Vista Kicks
Ogikubo Station (Mike Park from Asian Man Records and Maura Weaver from Mixtapes)
Cosmos & Creature
Mark Yaeger
Wetwood Smokes
Walki-Talki (The first collaboration in 15 years between current and ex-Suburban Legends singers Vince Walker and Tim Maurer
Liv Slingerland
Blaketheman1000
Cameron Royce & The Lizards
Lucy & La Mer
Sanderlings
Triangle Shirt Factory
Super Cassette
To further help raise money for the relief efforts a live show is in the works with news about it coming soon.
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