In This Issue: • The Critics Love U2 3D • Nat Geo Music TV in Portugal • NG Live! Presents Carmen Consoli! • Recommended Listening | | | | The Critics Love U2 3D! | "...it's the first IMAX movie that deserves to be called a work of art." - NY Times "IT'S SPECTACULAR! Arousing and beautifully shot 3-D concert film featuring the best rock and roll band of the last quarter-century" - Richard Roeper, At the Movies with Ebert & Roeper "BREATH TAKING!" - Phil Gallo, Variety "(Four Stars) in many ways delivers an experience that's even better than the real thing." - Edna Gundersen, USA Today The verdict is in - critics everywhere love U2 3D, the innovative, immersive cinema experience that marries Digital 3D and Surround Sound technology to recreate the excitement and wonder of a live concert. • Watch trailer | | | Nat Geo Music TV Comes to Portugal | National Geographic Channels International announces the launch of Nat Geo Music in Portugal, beginning March 1st 2008. The 24-hour music channel will join Nat Geo Music in Italy in taking European viewers on a musical journey around the world. Featuring top international artists, music videos, concerts, interviews, documentaries and more. Check local listings. • Learn More | | | NG Live! Presents Carmen Consoli | Italian singer-songwriter Carmen Consoli is known for her unflinching live performances of songs that examine broad themes of love, illness, solitude, and friendship from a feminine-and feminist-perspective. Her innovative sound mixes Italian pop with indie-rock influences, bossa nova rhythms, and jazz- and blues-inspired riffs. Consoli will appear in Washington, DC's Grosvenor Auditorium on Saturday, March 8th, 2005. 8:00 PM • Learn More and Purchase Tickets | |  | |  | Fela Kuti - Army Arrangement | The late, great Nigerian bandleader was the man who started it all - fusing James Brown-style funk with Free Jazz and slinky Yoruba rhythms to create Afrobeat. | Wrasse Records | Listen Here | |  |  | Tony Allen - Live | Drummer and bandleader Tony Allen was the man who helped translate Fela's vision into sound in the legendary band Afrika 70. Hear what he's done lately on this stunning live record. | Comet Records | Listen Here | |  |  | Antibalas - Security | Brooklyn's own homegrown Afrobeat ensemble Antibalas turned in one of the finest albums of their career with last year's sleeper Security. | Anti Records | Listen Here | | | | | |  | |  | |  | Best Offer Anywhere | Subscribe to NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC magazine online and get our best price. | | | |
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