It is great to see successful artists rally around causes bigger than declining record sales or online piracy. The Green Music Group, founded by Guster’s Adam Gardner and his wife, environmentalist Lauren Sullivan along with Sheryl Crow, Willy Nelson, Dave Matthews Band, Bare Naked Ladies, Linkin Park and Bonnie Raitt and others is organizing to bring about widespread environmental change within the music industry and around the globe.
Melding good green ecological sensibilities with crowd-pleasing music for the masses, Maine-based non-profit group Reverb and eco-sensible luminaries in the music community such as Bonnie Raitt, Dave Matthews Band, Maroon 5, Guster, Sheryl Crow, Linkin Park and Barenaked Ladies have come together to form the Green Music Group. Described as a “large-scale, high-profile environmental coalition of musicians, industry leaders and music fans” focused on “using our collective power to bring about widespread environmental change within the music industry and around the globe,” this tour-de-force of movers and shakers intend to create a sustainable environment on stage as well as behind the scenes, reaching out via grassroots efforts every step of the way.
Hip hop artist Questlove of the Roots, Boyd Tinsley of Dave Matthews Band, and members of the bands Maroon 5 and Guster celebrated the launch of the Green Music Group in Hollywood on Saturday evening.
The Green Music Group is the brainchild of Reverb, an environmental organization founded by Guster guitarist/vocalist Adam Gardner and his wife, environmentalist Lauren Sullivan. Reverb has helped more than 80 rock tours go green since 2004. The goal of the Green Music Group is to bring about worldwide environmental change within the music industry.
It was Grammys weekend in Hollywood, and what better time to launch Reverb’s Green Music Group than Saturday night? Jane’s House in Hollywod was packed to the rafters with eco-celebs, actors, musicians and hangers-on.
The highlight of the event was a performance by members of Guster, Maroon 5, Dave Matthews Band and Roots. Without an elevated stage and small performance space, the audience was treated to a rare, intimate jam-session all in the name of going green.
Music fans would do just about anything to get into the Roots Jam Session in L.A. on Saturday night.
The sixth annual fete, which was hosted by John Legend and featured a performance by Estelle, was so tough to get into that “people were tracking down the event producers and offering them cash,” an insider snitched. In fact, “One guy even offered to wash the car of the event producer for a year straight in exchange for a ticket.”
Of course, a few celebs were lucky enough to get in to the Green Music Group fete without having to offer any services, including the Jonas Brothers, Macy Gray, Linkin Park and Ryan Phillippe.
The Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) today announced it is partnering with a high-profile coalition that brings together musicians, industry leaders and music fans to promote widespread environmental change within the music industry and around the globe. The Green Music Group (GMG), a coalition created by the environment- and music-focused nonprofit Reverb, celebrated its official launch last weekend in Hollywood, California.
After a one year hiatus, the annual Roots Jam Session returned to Los Angeles with a vengeance this past Saturday marking the sixth time The Legendary have descended on Grammy Weekend with no regard for snobbery or popularity.
Green Music Group was also in the house spreading their message of environmental change and green living. All in all the atmosphere was ripe with positively and the kind of organic creativity that The Roots have been fostering for years.
We are proud to announce that Linkin Park is a founding member of the newly formed Green Music Group (GMG). Music For Relief has been named one of GMG’s non-profit partners.
The Green Music Group, a coalition of environmental non-profit Reverb, celebrated its official launch this past weekend in Hollywood, CA. The high-profile coalition brings together musicians, industry leaders and music fans to create widespread environmental change within the music industry and around the globe.
Other partners of the Green Music Group include Dave Matthews Band, Maroon 5, The Roots, Willie Nelson, Sheryl Crow, Bonnie Raitt, Barenaked Ladies, Guster, Warner Music Group, Brushfire Records, Shoreline Amphitheater, Comcast Center, Verizon Wireless Music Center, Wolftrap National Park for the Performing Arts, Brooklyn Bowl, and American Airlines Arena.
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.
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.