8 Sep 2010 | Uncategorized
Don’t Stop The Music!
Read about the songs they tried to ban, the musicians stopped from playing live, and the singers who are put on trial, in the bumper SMASHED HITS issue of Index
DANIEL BARENBOIM Bring music, bring life
An exclusive interview by Clemency Burton-Hill
COLIN GREENWOOD Set yourself free
Technology brings Radiohead closer to their fans
WILL SELF Words and music
God Save the Queen
PETER JENNER The Deal
Musicians have to play the game to succeed
MARIE KORPE and OLE REITOV
Banned: a guide to music censorship
MALU HALASA Fight the power
Hip hop is the sound of modern protest
NEGAR SHAGHAGHI Sounds of silence
Young Iranians defy convention to make music
SIMON BROUGHTON Notes from underground
The challenges facing a female singer in Tehran
GILAD ATZMON Primacy of the ear
The education of a jazz musician
MALU HALASA Words and music
Chuy y Mauricio
KHYAM ALLAMI Dispatches from a new generation
The independent music scene in the Middle East
DIVINE COMEDY
CHAZA CHARAFEDDINE Body and soul
Preview of the new exhibition
FEMI KUTI Words and music
Beng Beng Beng
LOUISE GRAY Can Music Kill?
Is there some music that deserves banning?
LAPIRO DE MBANGA Voice to the voiceless
The Cameroonian musician speaks to Index from prison
KAYA GENÇ Coffee-house blues
Kurdish musicians are battling against prejudice
HTEIN LIN Rocking Rangoon
Music and resistance in Burma
WOESER Tradition of protest
A singer unafraid of taboos in Tibet
RACHEL ASPDEN Trance music
A vibrant culture is being challenged by orthodox Islam
JAN FAIRLEY Control shift
Cuban musicians are pushing the boundaries
INDEX INDEX
A round-up of music censorship stories
To listen to exclusive contributors’ playlists go to www.indexoncensorship.org/music
8 Sep 2010 | News, Volume 39.03 Autumn 2010
Daniel Barenboim tells Clemency Burton-Hill why music provides a model for living and governments continue to fear the power of its influence
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3 Sep 2010 | Press Releases
Press release – 2 September 2010
Daniel Barenboim, Radiohead’s Colin Greenwood, Femi Kuti, Will Self and Gilad Atzmon discuss music and censorship in the new issue of Index on Censorship ‘Smashed Hits 2.0’ – publication date 8 September. In association with Freemuse.
Launch: 21 September 630pm at the Free Word Centre 60 Farringdon Road London EC1R 3GA (gmap).
RSVP [email protected] Tel: 020 7324 2522
For musicians, broadcasters, singers and their fans around the world, censorship is a fact of life – from legal threats against filesharers to restrictions on performing live. But some musicians and music lovers face more extreme conditions than others. In Iran, the Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei recently declared that music was incompatible with the values of the Islamic Republic; in Tibet, musicians are imprisoned for singing resistance songs and in Turkey, Kurdish singers can face prosecution for making political statements. In its latest issue, Index publishes interviews and articles by leading music writers and musicians on the challenges to free expression – whether digital, legal or commercial.
***Daniel Barenboim on his stand against censorship
***Radiohead’s Colin Greenwood on how the net sets musicians free
***Will Self on banning the Sex Pistols
***Femi Kuti on confronting censors in Nigeria
***Gilad Atzmon on how jazz gave him a political education
PLUS Negar Shaghaghi (star of ‘No one knows about Persian Cats’) on defying convention in Iran; Cameroonian singer Lapiro de Mbanga gives exclusive interview from prison; Louise Gray on hate music; Kaya Genç on Kurdish blues; Peter Jenner, manager of The Clash and Pink Floyd, on censorship in the music business; Gilad Atzmon on an education in jazz; Khyam Allami, Malu Halasa, Simon Broughton and many more
Listen to Index contributors’ playlists on iTunes and Spotify www.indexoncensorship.org/music
‘Smashed Hits 2.0’ available from selected bookshops and on Amazon
or subscribe on www.indexoncensorship.org/subscribe
Launched in 1972, Index on Censorship is the only magazine devoted to protecting and promoting free expression, and is published by SAGE – a leading international publisher of journals, books, and electronic media for academic, educational, and professional markets. www.sagepublications.com
For further information contact enquiries[at]indexoncensorship[.]org
Tel: 020 7324 2522
20 Aug 2010 | Events
Index on Censorship celebrates the launch of its new magazine on music and free expression with performances by the Iranian singer Mahsa Vahdat and oud player Khyam Allam at the Free Word Centre.
Mahsa Vahdat is winner of the Freemuse Award 2010.
Khyam Allami is the first recipient of BBC Radio 3’s World Routes Academy scholarship and made his debut at Womad and the Proms this summer.
Index on Censorship invites you to join the festivities and tune into Smashed Hits 2.0 Live.
To reserve a place, call 020 7324 2570 or click here
6:30pm. 21 September 2010. Free Word Centre, London
