“The green rolling hills of West Virginia
Are the nearest thing to heaven that I know
But someday I’ll go back to west Virginia
To the green rolling hills I love so well
Yes someday I’ll go home
And I know I’ll right the wrong
These trouble times will follow me no more”–”Green Rolling Hills,” Utah Phillips

So called ” green ” music festivals and concerts may abound like bunny rabbits these days, but tickets go on sale today for the ” Green Concert of the Year, ” the take-no-prisoner mega-stars lineup of the Music Saves Mountains campaign to stop mountaintop removal on May 19th at the ‘ Ryman Auditorium in Nashville ‘.

Check out this mountain of a lineup! Dave Matthews, Emmylou Harris, Patty Griffin, Buddy Miller, Patty Lovelace, Kathy Mattea and other special guests.

That’s right — Nashville, the nation’s “Music City,” the heart of country music in the coal state of Tennessee, is hosting a tribute to the Appalachian headwaters of American music, from blues to country to gospel to jazz and rock’n’roll, and calling on the nation to halt the destruction of the mountain region and its historic communities and heritage.

Says Emmylou Harris: “The mountains of Appalachia are responsible for countless folk, country and bluegrass songs. Now, the home of that rich tradition is being destroyed.”

source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jeff-biggers/green-concert-of-the-year_b_487282.html