Songscape: Green River with Liz Beebe
Music Inspired by our Public Lands
Liz Beebe will explore the Green River, floating along National Forest, Bureau of Land Management, National Wildlife Refuge and National Monument lands, as she creates a song inspired by these critical spaces. Liz is joined by actress Kelsey Gunn and photographer/TikToker Becca Murray.
How will the river shape her songwriting?
Join us on an adventure when the song and music video, shot by National Geographic videographer Corey Robinson, come out later this year.
Proceeds support Sustain and your public lands.
Liz beebe
Liz Beebe (you can call her Beebe) is debuting her widely anticipated solo album in 2021 after spending 8 years traveling the world as the co-lead singer of popular American roots band, Dustbowl Revival. Born of New England roots but shaped by her years in SoCal, Beebe is equal parts grounding and lifting in her music. Motivated by the power of collective consciousness and empathy, Beebe's emotionally-driven vocals can soothe your troubles or elevate your mood - coming through the speaker as a friend for all occasions.
Green River
This Songscape begins floating from Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area (US Forest Service), through John Jarvis Ranch (Bureau of Land Management) over to Brown’s Park National Wildlife Refuge (US Fish & Wildlife Service). From there, we’re heading down to Dinosaur National Monument (National Park Service) to explore how the Green River connects these habitats and communities.
The Green River is a major tributary of the Colorado River and has a rich history of indigenous sites, outlaw hideouts, exploration and conservation history.
The Songscape Project
Songscapes generate new fans for public lands. Over 1/3 of the US belongs to everyone, yet these public lands are at risk of being sold off and de-funded, threatening the wildlife, natural systems, and people that depend on them. By partnering musicians with public lands, Songscapes utilize the emotional hook of music, beautiful music videos, and the cultural capital of bands to create new audiences for the places we all own and need to protect.
Liz Beebe will spend nearly a week floating through multiple public lands and then hiking throughout Dinosaur National Monument. National Geographic videographer, Corey Robinson, will be capturing everything on film. She will create a song inspired by the experience, and Robinson will turn it all into an incredible music video. We’ll work with our partners to get the project out in front of as many people as possible! Song proceeds help support public lands.
Songscape Sidekicks
Rivers are better with friends. Here are a few of Liz’s creative collaborators joining the adventure.
Kelsey Gunn
Kelsey Gunn is a Los Angeles based actor and writer. She is known as one of the founding members of the internet sketch comedy group 5 Second Films with numerous film and television credits including Community, Castle, Mystic Museum, Assisting Navarro, and cult favorite Dude Bro Party Massacre 3. She recently wrote and starred in the feature film 'Little Jar’, which features music by Beebe, and is set to be released later this year.
Becca Murray
Becca Murray is a body-positive photographer based in Los Angeles. An avid traveler, she has traversed the globe from the Baltic to the Antarctic, and accompanied Beebe's former band Dustbowl Revival on an epic tour through China's Henan Province. Becca's mission is to foster connection and empathy through greater understanding of self and the world, and illustrate the unique beauty of who or whatever crosses her lens. You may also have seen Becca on TikTok, where she has built a community of over 200k followers and been deemed "the big sister for big sisters."
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Press Release - Songscape Announcement