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This summer is promising to be another big one for eco-friendly music events. Many tours and festivals are adding biodiesel-fueled buses, solar-powered stages, green merchandise and recycling. But can it make any impact? And do artists always practice what they preach? In this week’s Soundcheck Smackdown we debate the value of "green" music events Also: live music from singer-songwriter and violinist Joan Wasser, a.k.a. Joan as Police Woman.
How Green is Your Concert?
Concerts aren't typically what you would consider environmentally friendly. But Festivals like Coachella, Bonnaroo, and the inaugural Rothbury Festival are all are trying to adapt green practices, from solar-powered stages to recycling and biodegradable concession products. Today, we debate the effectiveness of these changes, and ask whether artists practice what ...
Joan As Police Woman
In the '90s, the singer-songwriter and violinist Joan Wasser played in art-rock acts like the Dambuilders and Those Bastard Souls. Since then, she's collaborated with Antony and the Johnsons, Lou Reed and a long list of others. A few years ago, she reinvented herself in the solo act Joan as ...
The Price of Being Green
This week's Soundcheck Smackdown is a curious one, at least to me - because I can see how both sides of the argument could be correct. Maybe you believe in climate change, maybe you don't. (Watch out for the edge of our flat planet, though.) But it is certainly possible ...