With over 200 performances at 60+ venues, the Green Apple Music festival is the largest Earth Day celebration in America. The festival website states that the event “will be made carbon neutral” and “is committed to raising environmental awareness by combining live musical performances from diverse genres with educational outreach and cultural events suitable for all audiences.”

JamBase reports that bands and artists set to play at the Green Apple Festival 2007 so far include:

New York: Taylor Hicks, Laurie Berkner, Junior Brown, Benevento Russo Duo (Acoustic), Edwin McCain, John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers, Fat Mama, Tower of Power, Zero, Particle, The Radiators, Baby Loves Disco, Mahavishnu Project, Hot Buttered Rum, Raq, Tom Paxton and Richard Shindell, Jerry Joseph, Brand New, Zero, New Riders of the Purple Sage, Jake Shimabukuro, Avishai Cohen, Hiromi, Gandalf Murphy and the Slambovian Circus of Dreams, Ryan Montbleau, Over the Rhine, Cosmic Jibaros, The Bomb Squad, Mike Dillon’s Go-Go Jungle, The Bridge, Jonny Lives, Phix and Brady Rymer.

Chicago: The Decemberists, Kaiser Chiefs, Umphrey’s McGee, The Disco Biscuits, The Smithereens, The Walkmen, Andrew Bird, RJD2, Mad Professor, The Del McCoury Band, Paul Green’s School of Rock, Flickerstick, JJ Grey and Mofro, Brothers Past, Hoyle Brothers, New Monsoon, Backyard Tire Fire, Juice and the Machine, The Lost Trailers, Mono, Mark Farina, Anathallo, Soulwax, and 2Many DJs.

San Francisco: Bob Weir and Ratdog, Stephen Marley feat. Junior Gong, Greyboy Allstars, Yonder Mountain String Band, Martin Sexton, Trans Am, Tea Leaf Green, Railroad Earth, Electric Six, Newmaster Sounds, Everyone Orchestra, Girlyman, Akasha, The Drastics, DJ Scheme and Plan B, May Lake, Kite Flying Society, Black Taj, The Sippy Cups and Smoosh.

From the Green Apple Festival website:

Free Concerts on Earth Day Sunday April 22, 2007

NYC – The Great Hill in Central Park
The Laurie Berkner Band with Susie Lampert and Adam Bernstein
Brady Rymer and the Little Band That Could
followed by an afternoon dance party by Baby Loves Disco

Chicago – Lincoln Park Zoo
Umphreys McGee
The Disco Biscuits
Mad Professor
Todd Park Mohr (of Big Head Todd)
The Blisters
Deep Fried Pickle Project
Paul Green’s School of Rock
Ella Jenkins

San Francisco – Speedway Meadow in Golden Gate Park
Bob Weir and Ratdog
Martin Sexton
The Greyboy Allstars
Stephen Marley

For more up to date information about the Green Apple Festival lineups, venues, bands, schedules and more go to the Green Apple Music Festival Official Website.

More information about Earth Day at Earth Day Network

Other upcoming green and environmental awareness events include Go Green single by Dave Stewart and Al Gore’s Live Earth concerts.

By: Jenny May

Reuters reports that after years of supporting Greenpeace, Dave Stewart is now planning to release a single, “Go Green” on iTunes April 17th. Featured on the environmental friendly song include such artists as Annie Lennox, Bonnie Raitt, Sarah McLachlan, Imogen Heap, Natalie Imbruglia, Nadirah X and was written by Dave Stewart and produced by Glen Ballard. “Go Green”, available through Greenpeace Works, is expected to help promote green and environmental issues.

The “Go Green” single release comes after Al Gore’s announcement of the upcoming Live Earth; Save Our Selves, SOS – The Campaign for a Climate in Crisis event. Live Earth will include a series of concerts set to take place at various locations around the world on July 7th, 2007 in a bid to raise awareness of climate change.

I’ll look forward to hearing “Go Green”, especially since Bonnie Raitt will be included on the track. It’s always good to hear her voice – and the fact that she and Annie Lennox will be working together on this green song is interesting indeed.

The Greenpeace Works website has a behind the scenes video with Dave Stewart talking about the making of “Go Green” and how it came about. There are also clips of the song included.

For more information, go to:

Greenpeace Works

Dave Stewart – Weapons of Mass Entertainment Website

Greenpeace

Earth Day is April 22, 2007
Earth Day Network Website

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By: Jenny May