Live Earth concert in South Africa is being streamed online. Watch it here! Soweto Gospel choir is on now 
with Danny K.
The line up in SA includes:
Angelique Kidjo
Vusi Mahlasela
Zola
Joss Stone
UB 40
Baaba Mal
The Parlotones
For American fare, its on the Bravo channel.
Live Earth’s theme is SOS – Save Our Selves. The success of such Live 8 type concerts is debatable, but for a world music lover…i am bobbing my head and soaking in all the music.
See what Dan Deluca at Pop Matters has to say about Live Earth…gem of the day IMO, climate change and Nelly in one paragraph!
…Live Earth will include concerts on every principal land mass on the planet, including Antarctica (the ninth site), where a low-down house band of British scientists called Nunatak will no doubt prove themselves to be a bunch of supremely chill dudes.
Which all sounds pretty cool. But Live Earth – subtitled the Concerts for a Climate in Crisis – exists, of course, to highlight the opposite.
Namely, that it??s getting hot in herre – though, for some reason, Nelly is not on the list of performers. And that, as Gore??s Oscar-winning documentary, ??An Inconvenient Truth,? argues, global warming – or if you prefer, climate change – is leading the planet to all but certain environmental disaster.
I caught this post too late! Had I know I’d definitely have tuned in to enjoy the beautiful music. At least one good thing came out of it!
Missed the broadcast.
**Note to self: Should read posts over the weekend!**
Pole guys. Haiyaya, i get the popular Aegeus and Egm commenting in one day?
Egm that mix is awesome. That is a very good thing!
Aegeus, i had heard about Live earth but hadnt checked the line up…sorry you missed it. If i find a link to the recording i will sambaza.
Unfortunately, most of the American channels only cycled through performances from teh ususl suspects The Police, Kanye West Madonna, Alicia Keys etc. Too bad I missed this link. Maybe something is on youtube already.
just a little awareness is all that is needed. Hopefully, folks will do more than just attend and enjoy the concerts. “Change just one little thing.”
Kofi, sorry you missed it. I learned from getting exasperated during live 8 to always check the internet…MTV and VH1 will more often than not…well who am i kidding…they ALWAYS cut to commercial rather than show a concert by an African musician. I did get to see Akon on Bravo, but our dear brother took off his shirt and embarrassed me as an African
Majonzi – Yeah, awareness is the first step.