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The Green Children are a European musical duo, who write and self-produce atmospheric electropop music. Milla Sunde (born 17 December 1983), from Norway, and Marlow Bevan (born 4 October 1984), from England,〔Jenna Markowski. (The Green Children Interview – Milla Sunde Discusses the Band and Their Cause ). ''Static Multimedia'', September 29, 2010〕 also established The Green Children Foundation, to support microcredit, education and healthcare. ==''Hear Me Now'' (2006)== In June 2006, The Green Children shot a music video in Bangladesh to celebrate the work of Professor Muhammad Yunus, the father of microcredit and founder of Grameen Bank. In December 2006, The Green Children released a fundraising CD/DVD entitled ''Hear Me Now'' throughout Norway. Through sales and donations from around the world they raised $400,000 for one of the first eye hospitals in rural Bangladesh. The hospital was opened on May 12th 2008 by The Green Children and Professor Muhammad Yunus, the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize winner.〔Karl Burkart (The Green Children fight poverty on iTunes ) ''MNN.com''. July 30th, 2009.〕 Yunus initiated this project with Grameen to save the sight of many of his countrymen and women. The Green Children met whilst studying at the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts and signed a major U.S. recording contract with Universal Music Group in 2008.〔(Rising International Philanthropic Pop Duo Sign With Universal Music Group ) redorbit.com, August 25, 2008.〕 They left Universal in 2010 and signed a world-wide distribution deal with Los Angeles-based Spinside Records, a subsidiary of Inside Recordings, owned by legendary musician Jackson Browne. Spinside Records is distributed by Alternative Distribution Alliance and ADA Global, owned by Warner Music Group and Sub Pop Records. Their deal with Spinside Records was secured by their former manager Cheryl Bogart who worked with them in 2009/2010. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Green Children」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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