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# Musicians to rally for relief efforts
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/musicians-to-rally-for-relief-efforts/
- Published: 2005-09-19T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T07:48:01.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Events, Santa Monica, #archive-import

*By Daily Press staff*

Top musicians this upcoming weekend hope to give strength to those affected by Hurricane Katrina by performing a benefit concert at a local church.

Grammy-Award-winning vocalist k.d. lang and others have been confirmed to perform at “Songs of Strength,” a benefit concert for hurricane relief to take place in the intimate confines of First United Methodist Church of Santa Monica on Sunday, Sept. 25.

A diverse group of talent including lang, Welsh chanteuse Judith Owen, Los Angeles-based gospel ensemble the Gwen Wyatt Chorale and other acts to be named shortly will join together to perform their personal song choic-

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on September 19, 2005.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/091905.pdf?ref=smdp.com)