"Listen for Life Musicfest 2012" Peace Day Concert September 29, 2012

~ A Blues/Rock band made up of members from famous bands will combine with legendary ethnic musicians for an around-the-world tour in celebration of United Nations International Peace Day. ~

Listen for Life is honored to bring an impressive roster of world-renowned musicians to three cross-cultural Listen for Life Musicfest 2012 events in Southern California, September 21-29, 2012, to celebrate this year's International Day of Peace and kick-off a world tour to promote peace around the globe. Three years ago, the United Nations asked Listen for Life to create music festivals worldwide to raise awareness for Peace Day. This year's Musicfest concerts feature legendary blues and rock musicians (present/former band members of Eric Clapton, Guns N' Roses, Dave Matthews Band, Carole King, Billy Preston, John Lee Hooker, Lionel Richie, Sergio Mendes, Toto, and Asia) who are coming together for the first time to form the Listen for Life All-Star Band to promote world peace through music. Joining them at all three concerts are top music masters from nine world cultures, sharing their ethnic music traditions individually as well as collaboratively in combination with the all-star band. The concerts will be held in Mission Viejo's World Cup Soccer Center (9/21/12), Hollywood's Ford Amphitheatre (9/27/12), and the Ramona Bowl in Hemet (9/29/12).


The 2012 events feature the Listen for Life All-Star Band, a brand new super group of legendary artists, who will perform sets of beloved blues/rock songs throughout the program. Major international masters from Bulgaria, India, China, Vietnam, the Middle East, Latin America, Europe, Hawaiian and Native American cultures are also scheduled to perform at the Southern California concerts, playing a total of 17 different instruments unique to their regions. They will perform solos on their ethnic instruments, collaborate in small groups with participating musicians from other cultures, as well as join in with the all-star band. These world-class musicians, who make up the Musicfest roster, have won numerous honors including Grammy, Oscar and Emmy awards.

Listen for Life All-Star Band -
- Band Founder: Andy Andrus (guitar) [Billy Preston, John Lee Hooker, Greg Douglass]
- Bobby Kimball (voice) [original singer of Toto]
- Teddy Andreadis (keys, harmonica) [Guns N' Roses, Carole King, Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley]
- Butch Taylor (keys) [Dave Matthews Band]
- James East (bass) [Eric Clapton, Lionel Richie, Sergio Mendes]
- Ant Glynne (guitar) [Asia, Albert Collins, Rick Wakeman]
- Joe Manno (drums) [the band Norway]

International Recording Artists/Master Musicians -
- Vân-Ánh Vanessa Vo (àn Bu, àn Tranh, Trung) [Vietnam]
- Ashwin Batish (sitar) and Keshav Batish (tabla) [India]
- Winnie Wong (guzheng) [China]
- Naser Musa (oud) [Palestine]
- Rumen Sali Shopov (tambura) [Bulgaria]
- Diana Rowan (harp) [Celtic/Eastern Europe]
- Ricardo Garcia (voice) [Latin America]
- Donna Stoering (piano) [Western Classical]
- Jehnean Washington (voice, flute) [Native American]
- Ukulele Ray (ukulele) [representing Hawaiian culture]

Official Website: http://www.listenforlife.org/musicfest2012/hemet/