KEYS-INSPIRED CHARITY SONG SUPPORTS LOCAL CHILDREN’S SHELTER

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From left, Suzi Youngberg, Key Largo Chamber of Commerce president; Ben Kemmer, Florida Keys Youngsters’s Shelter CEO; Chris and Ric Chandler; and Lynda Weinstein, kids’s shelter director of improvement. JIM McCARTHY/Keys Weekly

Proceeds from the charity music single “Within the Key of West” (Keys Sturdy) by an alt-rock duo will help the work of the Florida Keys Youngsters’s Shelter. 

On April 28, musicians with Lung, Ric and Chris Chandler, visited the shelter in Tavernier to current a test for $1,000 to Ben Kemmer, kids’s shelter CEO, and the employees. In joyful, sun-splashed eventualities, the Chandlers sing catchy lyrics whereas collaborating in island actions, together with boating by way of the mangroves, having fun with cocktails on the sandbar and viewing a sundown over a seaside. It ends with the Chandlers surrounded by Coral Shores Excessive College college students, who’re pumping their fists with enormous smiles and shouting, “Keys sturdy!”

The sentiment inside the tune is becoming, since all proceeds from purchases of the tune go on to a toddler in want within the Florida Keys, by way of Lung’s charity Little Angels.

“We’re each honored to be giving our first test ever from our nonprofit Little Angels to FKCS as they do wonderful work right here within the Keys,” Ric stated. “We’re completely happy to help them and our fantastic neighborhood, as Chris and I each had difficult upbringings and know the problem a scarcity of funds can usher in your life journey.”

Ric and Chris Chandler are a husband-and-wife workforce who’ve made a dwelling as skilled musicians for many years in Europe. They not too long ago produced a charity single to help the Florida Keys Youngsters’s Shelter. CONTRIBUTED

Ric and Chris Chandler are a husband-and-wife workforce who’ve made a dwelling as skilled musicians for many years in Europe (Chris is from France, whereas Ric is from England). Ric is a drummer, producer and songwriter, and, although not part of the unique lineup of Fashionable English (recognized for the ’80s hit love tune “I Soften With You”), he’s a member of the band. He has additionally labored with Calvin Harris and Difficult. 

A guitarist, vocalist, songwriter and filmmaker, Chris launched a report in France on the Sony Music label beneath her household title, Chris Loung, and labored with trade names similar to violinist Nigel Kennedy and producer Boris Bergman, who helped create hits for artists similar to Moby, The Kills and Marianne Faithfull. 

Along with the unique tune, a Spanish remix model of the tune, “En el key of West (Cayos fuerte)” is obtainable on Apple Music and Spotify. Ric stated 50% of all proceeds will help kids’s providers. 

“Within the bible it says deal with orphans, kids and widows, which is our inspiration for our charity effort,” he stated. 

These wishing to purchase the tune or donate can go to lungmusic.com/reggaeton-remix-charity-project.

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