Articles tagged “Music”

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

Diversity, Vegetables, Peace and Brett Dennen for President By Jeff Kart IN Tech & Transport Jul 14 2011 Brett Dennen is into backyard veggies, music, and helping out kids and causes. Check out a partial roster of other Artist Ambassadors. + READ MORE

Biking with a Cello? Ben Sollee Ditches the Van By Jeff Kart IN Travel & Outdoors May 11 2011 Ben Sollee plays a cello and loves people so much he's touring on a bike. Yes, his new video is pretty weird, too. And handmade. + READ MORE

Learn Guitar from Axeman Steve Vai, and Set a World Record By Jeff Kart IN Tech & Transport Feb 9 2011 Guitar god Steve Vai to bless the masses with a free online lesson, to set a world record and raise scholarship money. + READ MORE

The Birds and Beatles? Steve Baldwin Rocks with The Meetles and Brooklyn's Green Parrots (Interview) By Mickey Z. IN Travel & Outdoors Dec 8 2010 "I first stumbled across The Meetles in early 2009, just a few months after they began performing in the subway. Seeing and hearing them for the first time was just about as odd as seeing wild green parrots flying about in an urban wasteland!" + READ MORE

Rocker Mom Kristen Henderson of Antigone Rising is Seeing Double (Interview) By Mickey Z. IN Work & Connect Dec 1 2010 "We approach our fans in much the same way we do any of our family functions. Every gig is a family reunion!" + READ MORE

Why Farm Aid Still Matters By Care2.com IN Food & Health Sep 6 2010 This year marks the 25th anniversary of Farm Aid. In 1985, Willie Nelson, Neil Young, and John Mellencamp organized the first Farm Aid concert to raise awareness about the loss of family farms and to raise funds to keep farm-families on their land. As they say, “family farmers in the United States are under extreme economic pressure and thousands are pushed off their land every year." So here's why the movement still matters. + READ MORE

From the Beach Boys to Mos Def, Songs that Celebrate the Oceans By Rachel Cernansky IN Work & Connect Aug 2 2010 A roundup of music that celebrates the oceans and encourages people to stop the threats facing them. + READ MORE

Musical Training Improves Your Children's Speech, Reading, Vocabulary, and More... By Mat McDermott IN Food & Health Jul 23 2010 A new study in the journal Nature Reviews Neuroscience shows that musical training not only helps children learn language and speech better, but also has positive effects on memory, attention span, and vocal emotion. Here's why: + READ MORE

With Music and Activism, Xavier Rudd Urges Us to Be "Better People" (Interview) By Mickey Z. IN Food & Health Jul 14 2010 "Music is a powerful media and it is an essential tool for increasing awareness and raising support," says Captain Paul Watson + READ MORE

Those Damn Vuvuzelas: They are Not Only Annoying, They Can Make You Deaf By Lloyd Alter IN Tech & Transport Jun 15 2010 The South African Soccer Tradition is Ruining the World Cup For Some, Part of the Party For Others. + READ MORE

Breaking New Ground with Solar Powered iPod Docks, Bluetooth Speakers, and More By Sara Novak IN Tech & Transport May 11 2010 We all the know the benefits of solar energy, it's obviously renewable, abundant, and could work to power the future. And now it's even making it's way into the music arena. Lloyd has written about solar powered music before in the form of Sun Boxes. + READ MORE

Handmade Music: Make Your Own Instruments From Scratch By Ronnie Citron-Fink IN Tech & Transport Mar 4 2010 Creating your own music is like of growing your own food. Those who play music, play for sustenance. Musicians are driven by an inner desire to create. Often, it is this innate craftiness that leads music makers to improve upon their instruments and evolve their craft. + READ MORE

Every Day is Sunday: Morrissey Wants to Free Rabbits and So Should You By Mickey Z. IN Work & Connect Feb 26 2010 Morrissey's recent trend of generously allowing songs from his back catalog to be used for good causes continues. + READ MORE

How to Digitize and Shrink Your Entire Music Library By Trevor Reichman IN Tech & Transport Jan 22 2010 Going to an exclusively digital music lifestyle frees up space in your closet or storage unit and puts your CDs, cassettes, and vinyl albums back into circulation to be reused. Besides the obvious tools to go digital, such as an MP3 player and an iTunes type program to convert your music into a digital format, here are a few other tools to include in your arsenal. + READ MORE

Woody Harrelson: Stop the Mountaintop Removal Madness By Team Planet Green IN Travel & Outdoors Nov 10 2009 Woody Harrelson invites you to stand with him and the musicians he supports in standing against the wanton destruction caused by mountaintop removal mining for coal. + READ MORE

Moby on Stage: Wanna Talk About Climate Change But Ignore Meat? It's Like Talking About Lung Cancer But Ignoring Cigarettes By Rachel Cernansky IN Work & Connect Oct 27 2009 Musicians Moby and Nellie McKay take the stage in Boulder, CO for a taping of the radio show Etown. In between music sets, they get to talk about their veganism, politics, and... Halloween costumes. + READ MORE

The Top 20 Eco-Songs of All Time By Mickey Z. IN Work & Connect Oct 27 2009 The noted environmentalist and headbanger Friedrich Nietzsche once declared: "Without music, life would be a mistake." (He also said, "What does not kill me, makes me stronger," so we can likely assume he'd seen a few episodes of "American Idol.") Which brings us to the intersection of music and mistakes: eco-songs. + READ MORE

The Earth's Got the Blues: Bonnie Raitt, Taj Mahal Taking Votes on Causes to Support By Jeff Kart IN Tech & Transport Oct 22 2009 Bonnie Raitt and Taj Mahal spent two months on tour for charity, and are taking votes until Oct. 31 on how to dole out the dollars. + READ MORE

Imagine Live Music and Eco-Community at Strawberry Fields...Forever By Mickey Z. IN Work & Connect Oct 16 2009 All you need is love...and a permit to sing in a quiet zone. + READ MORE

Treasure Island Festival 3 Offers up a Trove of Green Music By Jeff Kart IN Tech & Transport Oct 14 2009 For the third year, a music festival will be staged on a man-made island in San Francisco Bay. And this year's Treasure Island Music Festival, on Oct. 17 and 18, is greener than ever, organizers say, with a line-up that that includes MGMT, Girl Talk, The Streets, The Flaming Lips, Yo La Tengo and Bob Mould. + READ MORE