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Antony And The Johnsons? New Album An Ode To The Environment
Stephanie Valera, February 08, 2009
Antony Hegarty, frontman for Antony and the Johnsons, is known for his striking, otherworldly sound, and for complex chamber-pop music that explores issues of gender and sexual identity. But Hegarty?s latest album, The Crying Light, veers aways from those issues and focuses on his relationship to the environment and the earth, and on the issue of climate change.
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Band Packs a Solar Punch
Stephanie Valera, February 05, 2009
You can say that rockers Solar Punch have a sunny disposition every time they take to the stage. The New York-based band, currently traveling in India with the Indian Youth Climate Network (IYCN) as part of the 2009 Climate Solutions Road Tour, uses solar technology to power their instruments and amplifiers and to record their sessions.
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Bonnaroo Festival Announces 2009 Lineup, Green Efforts
Stephanie Valera, February 04, 2009
This June, all (green) roads lead to Manchester, Tennessee where the 2009 Bonnaroo Festival kicks off its four-day music and art extravaganza. And if you were wishing for big names, you got it. Phish, Beastie Boys, TV On the Radio, David Byrne. Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band.
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Wilco's Jeff Tweedy to Play Clearwater "Spring Splash"
Stephanie Valera, February 01, 2009
Northeast Wilco fans who have been clamoring for a tour from the Grammy Award-winning band will be happy to learn that its frontman will be hitting the road for some solo shows, including one that will benefit the Hudson River Sloop Clearwater.
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Bjork Launches Green Fund for Iceland
Stephanie Valera, January 29, 2009
There?s more to Icelandic singer Bjork than her quirky fashion and unique musical style. She?s a noted environmentalist, and now, amid Iceland?s economic collapse, she is promoting a venture capital fund to benefit her homeland.
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Music Goes Carbon-Neutral in Copenhagen
Stephanie Valera, January 28, 2009
Denmark has given the world groundbreaking bands such as The Raveonettes and Mew, and in August it will give the world the very first carbon-neutral music festival with C02PENHAGEN.
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Cloud Cult: Greenest Band Ever?
Stephanie Valera, January 27, 2009
To call Cloud Cult a "green-leaning" band would be an understatement. In or out of concert venues, and in the course of producing eight critically acclaimed albums, the Minneapolis-based indie pop band has made "green" a musical?and lifestyle?imperative.
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