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Smashed Hits 2.0: on air
Index contributor Malu Halasa was talking about free speech and hip hop on BBC Radio 5 live’s show Up All Night last Saturday, September 11, with editor Jo Glanville. You can listen on BBC iPlayer here, 38 minutes in. 5 live’s Up All Night will be dedicating another half-hour show to Index’s new issue on music and censorship, Smashed Hits 2.0, on Saturday 18 September at 0130am, with musician and writer Khyam Allami.
Don’t miss Fari Bradley‘s show, also on 18 September, 2300-0100, on Resonance FM. She’ll be playing protest music and music from countries where censorship is rife, to tie in with the publication of Smashed Hits 2.0.
Listen to Index’s playlists on Spotify and iTunes here. All tracks chosen by contributors to the music issue, including Radiohead‘s Colin Greenwood, jazz musician Gilad Atzmon and veteran rock manager Peter Jenner.
Smashed Hits on the BBC
The new issue of Index On Censorship comes out soon. It’s called Smashed Hits 2.0, and it deals with music censorship
You can listen to Negar Shaghaghi (star of “No one know about Persian Cats”) and Peter Jenner (former manager of The Clash and Pink Floyd), contributors to the issue, talking about music and censorship on BBC World Service, here (05 September, 40 minutes in)
To listen to exclusive Smashed Hits 2.0 playlists, including selections from Radiohead’s Colin Greenwood, Negar Shaghaghi, Peter Jenner and more, go to
www.indexoncensorship.org/music
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