I’d ask you all to think of the women in Pussy Riot who stood up to Putin in a celebration of free speech in Russia. Three of them have been held incommunicado in prison for several months and are today in court. They’re a reminder that music can still have a strong political voice: – …
From novelist and world music expert Chris Nickson via Facebook: “Krista Detor, Chocolate Paper Suites – the first album in so, so long to make me cry with its beauty – and in my job I hear a lot of music. This song is one of the best I’ve heard, one of those absolutely perfect …