Hezbollah leader gets tribute song The Lebanese guerrilla leader Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah is the subject of a song that is being circulated […]
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London, London: the refugee’s view
Cibelle track echoes previous generation’s refugee issues Given the debate about refugees that is currently raging across the world, Cibelle’s choice of […]
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“Hadji Girl”: desert storms in teacups?
In case you’ve been away from the blogosphere, there have been ripples of consternation when a video of a US marine singing […]
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BBC rapped over lyrical content
The debate concerning lyrical content will seemingly never go away. Faced with a marked increase in violence, Britain is asking questions about […]
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Music and politics: Will they ever learn?
The upcoming election in Germany has provided another example of how music and politics are not necessarily made to get along. Opposition […]
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Elvis Costello, Hindi pop and The Turtles
I’ve been watching some lyric news stories in the press recently. Funny how news-worthy they can be. Elvis Costello, for example, has […]