Launching the new Freemuse report in Nashville, Freemuse founding member, Ole Reitov, met with one of Nashville’s leading music executives, Bob Titley, to discuss corporate censorship and self censorship in the US
Bob Titley is one of the founding members of Music Row Democrats, which was born in December 2003 out of frustration and concern about the changing climate on Music Row (Nashville’s legendary music district).
Some executives feared they needed to hide their liberal political views in order to work effectively. As a manager, founding member Bob Titley has guided the careers of Grammy-winning legends such as Brooks and Dunn, Asleep at the Wheel and Kathy Mattea.
Titley's political interest has turned more toward activism in the past 10 to 15 years. He worked on the Clinton-Gore campaigns, and clients such as Kathy Mattea have performed at events for President Clinton and Vice President Gore.
The cover of Steve Reich’s new album ‘WTC 9/11’ stirred up such controversy that he asked the publishing company, Nonesuch, to withdraw the image. Nonesuch complied
A 1,000-student college in Indiana State has banned ‘The Star-Spangled Banner’ at all sporting events because the national anthem’s lyrics are too violent and glorifying war
An American jazz pianist's Arabic-sounding name allegedly made US officials suspect a link between his payment for a performance in Europe and possible terrorist activities
Syrian-American musician Malek Jandali was disinvited from performing at an anti-discrimination convention because of a pro-freedom song he was due to perform
The British rock band Arctic Monkeys’ new album is entitled ‘Suck It And See’ - a phrase which causes a stir in the US where major stores will cover the offending album title
