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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
