| MUMBAI:
The National Geographic Music channel is hosting a live broadcast concert with
an aim to celebrate Earth Day. The
concert will feature Grammy award-winning artiste, Ben Harper along with the band
Relentless7 in Rome’s famed Piazza del Popolo. The
concert will be aired live on 22 April and will be featured simultaneously on
Nat Geo Music channel, natgeomusic.net in the United States and natgeotv.com/earthday
internationally. Harper
will perform with Relentless7, featuring Jason Mozersky (guitarist), Jordan Richardson
(drummer) and Jesse Ingalls (bassist). Ben Harper and Relentless7 will perform
songs from their upcoming album White Lies for Dark Times. The
concert will also mark the debut performance of Bibi Tanga and The Selenites,
one of the first signings to Nat Geo Music’s new record label. To
celebrate Earth Day further, Nat Geo Music will release Bibi Tanga’s 'It’s
The Earth That Moves - EP' on 21 April. The
'digital-only EP' will mark the first ever release on the recently launched Nat
Geo Music label. Also, on stage will be Subsonica, an Italian-based group whose
fusion of electronic and rock music helped them sell out their most recent European
tour.The project is run through Impatto Zero, an initiative from Italian organisation,
LifeGate that enables individuals and organisations to offset carbon emissions
through tree-planting. NGCI
executive VP content, Sydney Suissa says, "Music is an excellent way to connect
people to an important issue and inspire them to act. Nat Geo Music channel is
pleased to partner with Ben Harper and Relentless7 to increase understanding about
the environmental challenges facing our planet." Embracing
the concept of raising awareness through music, National Geographic Channel has
launched a music contest through MySpace for viewers in Latin America to submit
a song that helps increase understanding about significant environmental issues.
National Geographic Channels International has recently also partnered with the
EMI record label and Spanish band Macaco on a special music video for Earth Day
featuring actor Javier Bardem No Country For Old Men. | 
