Policy, Research & Politics
A rebel against rules: Iran arrests popular underground singer
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- Tuesday, 07 January 2014
Iran's morality police have arrested a popular underground singer dubbed Amir Tataloo whose songs the Islamic republic deems to be inappropriate.
Another step to breaking taboos: Rouhani tweets music video
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- Tuesday, 07 January 2014
Video retweeted on Rouhani's unofficial Twitter account shows Iranian President along with traditional musical instruments.
Music ban beaten by desert blues
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- Tuesday, 07 January 2014
A guitarist fleeing from a civil war is determined to keep playing, despite restrictions in his country.
Elton John interrupts Russia gig to voice concerns over anti-gay law
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- Monday, 09 December 2013
'Rocket Man' singer says he was 'sad to learn' of the law banning 'propaganda of homosexuality'.
Sexually explicit music videos 'should have ratings system'
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- Monday, 09 December 2013
Campaign demands cinema-style restrictions on graphic material aimed at teenage girls.
Woody Guthrie and Bob Dylan didn't invent the protest song
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- Sunday, 08 December 2013
We all know what a protest song is. It's an angry man with a guitar. It's Bob Dylan and Blowin' in the Wind. It's Woody Guthrie singing This Land is Your Land.
Café Society: the groundbreaking club that time forgot
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- Sunday, 08 December 2013
Café Society was the first non-segregated club in the US, yet its pioneering impact has not been recognised. Ivan Hewett reports on an attempt to revive its spirit.
Music united, strengthened South Africans during apartheid
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- Saturday, 07 December 2013
Music professor Carolyn Burns became familiar with Nelson Mandela through the music that shaped him.
Breaking the Wagner ban in Israel
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- Friday, 06 December 2013
How the Principal Conductor of the West Australian Symphony Orchestra hopes to perform 'forbidden' Wagner operas.
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