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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The night before the music industry celebrates its own, it only makes sense that some of the business’ top acts get together to just jam, thanks to The Roots.

The Jam Session pairs a “who’s who” of music’s best with the Philadelphia-based hip-hop band for a continuous, impromptu jam to a packed audience. Past performers include Snoop Dogg, Travis Barker,Fall Out Boy, Queen Latifah and Matisyahu. Past attendees includeJay-Z, Tom Cruise, Prince, Beyoncè, Dave Chappelle, Jeremy Piven,Black Eyed Peas and Don Cheadle.

Each year, The Roots Jam Session launches a campaign to make the message of the night beyond the celebration. This year the group has teamed with environmental coalition, Green Music Group.

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After taking a break earlier this year, hip hop’s favorite band, The Roots will resume their pre-Grammy night Jam Session. The Jam sessions are usually the talk of Grammy week in Los Angeles. Artists that have participated with the band include Snoop Dogg, Queen Latifah and Corinne Bailey Rae to name a few.

The event partner is Green Music Group and will it will also be co-presented by Vibe Lifestyle Network.

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