New CD to Benefit Impoverished Brazilian Children Laughing Buddha Music to donate 10% of proceeds of new CD to Dreams Can Be Foundation for Support of the Instituto Reciclarte Project

Laughing Buddha Music announced today that it would donate 10% of proceeds from its new CD release, Asa Branca, to Dreams Can Be Foundation for support of Instituto Reciclarte music education program for impoverished Brazilian children.

Asa Branca is a collection of Brazilian instrumental and vocal music featuring Paulinho Garcia (guitar) and Julie Kroiden (flute), who perform together as Dois no Choro. The CD will be released in June 2008.

Instituto Reciclarte, which is one of twenty-five projects supported by Dreams Can Be Foundation, offers at-risk children daily music, college prep and other classes, promoting citizenship through culture and the arts. Dreams Can Be Foundation is a US 501(c)(3) tax exempt charitable organization and a Brazilian NGO dedicated to aiding street children and impoverished youth in Brazil. They work in partnership with local organizations and NGOs to provide education, moral and social development, humanitarian relief, and opportunities where there were none before.

Laughing Buddha Music is an independent record label and music production business, working with artists ethically and creatively to bring their music to new audiences through innovative marketing techniques. Laughing Buddha contributes a portion of proceeds from each of its CDs to a charity that is somehow related to the CD’s theme or musical content.

“Asa Branca is a compilation of Brazilian music, so naturally we went looking for a charity connected to Brazil,” explained Laughing Buddha’s president, Michael Barry. “When we heard about Dreams Can Be and the amazing work being done through the Reciclarte project we knew we had found a beautiful cause for a beautiful CD.” “We are excited to be working with Laughing Buddha,” said Lisa Urgo, Dreams Can Be’s president and founder. “It’s wonderful to think that the music of Brazil will generate funds to provide musical education to some of Rio’s poorest children.”