Members of House of Waters, violinist Rachel Golub and Alex Skolnick perform “Sleeping Gypsy” at the book launch of “Geek to Guitar Hero” in New York

Planetary Coalition will feature a variety of musicians from different parts of the world, bound together by the common thread of music, and to increase awareness – cultural, social and environmental.

This May, guitar duo Rodrigo y Gabriela, both who are very active  in environmental and animal-rights issues, expressed their enthusiasm for the project.

Here they are in an improv acoustic guitar trio with guitarist Alex Skolnick