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Jamaican music history will be rewritten when EarthboundJamaica, the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP), Environmental Foundation of Jamaica (EFJ) and The Wright Image team combine to present ‘Green 4 Life Eco-Music Festival’. The festival, the first of its kind in the Caribbean region, takes place on July 2 at Rivfalls in Maggotty, St Elizabeth, Jamaica’s Breadbasket Parish. Green 4 Life will have a food court named ‘Sylvia’s Kitchen’, where no styrofoam boxes will be allowed. Instead, biodegradable boxes and containers will be used. There will also be a compost pit where the food used will go back into the ground. Separate bins will...
The Every Mother Counts CD compilation features 15 songs by 14 mother/musicians. We asked them to contribute an original song or a cover around the theme of motherhood. It could be anything they wanted, and many chose to tackle lullabies or wrote songs for their children. Early on, I worried a bit about an album supporting an issue as serious as maternal mortality, as it could potentially become a heavy listen. But thankfully I found the resulting record veers back and forth between the sweet and the bittersweet, capturing a richness and a greater complexity – exactly like life. The collaboration...
According to the founders of Sweet Green the Sweetlife Festival went down last Sunday and was absolutely EPIC. Below is a photo recap of the event. If you didn’t make it to the festival this year be sure to make the trip out next year! I know I will! Over 15,000 sweetlifers made it out to Merriweather Post Pavilion to enjoy 9 hours of music, local and organic food (including sweetgreen) and some cool festival activities by our great partners. We are so grateful for all of the people who helped make it a reality. Thank you to everyone who...
With a fresh, colorful, and smart cover like this how can you not be intrigued to listen to the mixtape! Clearly fitting for good friend, environmental activist, artist, author, musician, style guru, and etiquette connoisseur Fonzworth Bentley and his new mixtape, C.O.L.O.U.R.S. released just last week! The full project features 17 tracks in all, from previously released favorites “Everybody” f/ Kanye West & Andre 3000, “Fireside Chat”, and most recently “Believe It” f/ Faith Evans and “Venice Beaches”. The mixtape starts off on the right foot with “CLRS5″ and “Runaway” featuring Blush (no, not another remix of Kanye’s) and continues with its distinct flow throughout. Favorites include the...
The founders of Sweetgreen bring together Lupe Fiasco, Theophilus London, The Strokes and more in an effort to raise awareness about sustainable food and health choices! SWEETGREEN, known for its network of sustainable eateries throughout the northeast, has announced the lineup for its annual Sweetlife Festival, featuring The Strokes as headliner, plus Girl Talk, Lupe Fiasco, Crystal Castles, Cold War Kids, Ra Ra Riot, Theophilus London,Walk the Moon, US Royalty and Modern Man....
The 2011 Coachella Music Festival featured a DJ booth powered by an energy generating playground. Festival goers could choose from a series of different electricity producing installations that fed into a lithium-ion battery well, which powered the entire sound system. The booth was created by Global Inheritance in collaboration with Coachella to offer a unique way for music fans to educate themselves about renewable energy, all while supporting their favorite artists. In order to use the booth, each DJ required 21 or more dedicated friends to generate enough power to play their set. On stage beside the DJ booth were two human hamster wheels where...
When it comes to home audio systems, a bumpin’ subwoofer is a key part of the listening experience. However subwoofer cabinets can be hard on the eyes, which is why we like the Automan 500, an eco-subwoofer made entirely from a recycled tires. The chic concealed subwoofer is one of 18 finalists in this year’s Greener Gadgets Competition. For more info click HERE HIT FROM: Inhabitat.com...
Finding a custom, wood, possibly “green” DJ Table is not an easy task until now. Rodriguez DJ Tables can give you a solid wood, stainless steel, customized table with as many pedals and spaces as you want in circular styling. The reason for circles is to let people know that its about the records and vinyl you’ve accumulated over the years. That’s what DJing is all about. Prices range from $3,000 and $3,900....
Grammy-nominated and Songbook Entertainment/Atlantic recording artist Trey Songz teams up with Def Jam’s platinum-selling recording artist Fabolous for the Be Seen Being Green (BSBG) College Music Tour. Both Trey Songz and Fabolous are the headliners for the official BSBG Concert kicking off in Miami on April 16, 2010, at James L. Knight Center (400 SE 2nd Avenue, Miami, FL 33131). “I am really excited about being a part of the Be Seen Being Green College Music Tour. It is vital that the Hip Hop culture is aware of the importance of living a ‘Green’ life. It is our personal duty...
The Good Vibrations Festival is a yearly week long festival, February 12th-21st, that takes place during Australia’s summer in the following cities: Brisbane, Melbourne, Sydney, and Perth. The artists for this years show were carefully handpicked and notably varied across the spectrum, ensuring a good time for a diverse crowd of all ages; where old school met its new school counterpart. This years festival was host to The Killers, Basement Jaxx, Armand Van Helden, Gossip, Salt-N-Pepa, Friendly Fries, Busta Rhymes, Z-Trip, Kid Cudi, Naughty By Nature, Plump DJs, Gym Class Heroes, Chase and Status, Craze, Dave Seaman, Chuckie, Art vs. Science, BlueJuice, Spinderella, Bass...
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