The Roots, the Roots, the Roots were on fire as they blasted through back-to-back classics, covers and mash-ups at their sixth annual Pre-Grammy Jam Session at Hollywood’s Key Club. The Philadelphia crew was clearly having a blast as friends like John Legend, Mos Def and ex-keyboardist Scott Storch joined them onstage throughout a night that lasted well past 2 a.m.

Slash, Twista, David Banner, Ryan Phillippe and Kelsey Grammer were among the luminaries who skipped stuffier Grammy events around town to check out the star-studded-but-casual affair. Prince, Dave Chappelle, Snoop Dogg and even Tom Cruise have dropped by in the past, and the 2010 incarnation of the event, sponsored by Green Music Group, lived up to all prior expectations as the crowd danced the night away to the non-stop tunes.

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The Roots, the Roots, the Roots were on fire as they blasted through back-to-back classics, covers and mash-ups at their sixth annual Pre-Grammy Jam Session at Hollywood’s Key Club. The Philadelphia crew was clearly having a blast as friends like John Legend, Mos Def and ex-keyboardist Scott Storch joined them onstage throughout a night that lasted well past 2 a.m.

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Since 2004, the non-profit organization Reverb, founded by Guster guitarist Adam Gradner, has greened over 85 major music tours , including acts Dave Matthews Band, Coldplay and John Legend, while conducting grassroots educational outreach to over 10 million music fans. Their our greening efforts  recycling, composting, using reusable water bottles and silverware, purchasing power from renewable energy sources, and fueling tour busses with sustainably produced biodiesel.

On Saturday, January 30, Reverb will launch Green Music Group, a large-scale, high-profile environmental coalition of musicians, industry leaders and music fans uniting in one voice behind a common goal: to use their collective power to bring about widespread environmental change within the music industry and around the globe.

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Green Music Group a new coalition founded by Dave Matthews Band, Linkin Park, Maroon 5, Willie Nelson and Sheryl Crow are gathering at Jane’s House.

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The Green Music Group – a new coalition founded by artists including Dave Matthews Band, Linkin Park, Maroon 5, Willie Nelson and Sheryl Crow – will gather at Jane’s House, while the Recording Academy will honor the artistic contributions of Michael Jackson, Bobby Darin and Leonard Cohen, among others, at the Wilshire Ebell Theater.

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On Jan. 30, The Roots will host its annual jam session. This year, the band teamed up with Green Music Group, an organization that raises environmental awareness within the music industry. “As entertainers we have leverage to make people aware about things,” he says.

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