The popular Belarusian rock band Krama doubts if they will receive permission from authorities for the launch of their new album 'Krama', but the musicians are defiant to play. The concert is scheduled to take place on 30 May 2007 at the Night Star night club in Minsk.
This was confirmed to the European Radio for Belarus by the band’s manager, Pavel Kashyryn, who said: “We will stage the concert regardless of whether we are given this shameful paper or not.”
Pavel Kashyryn filed his application with the city department in charge of cultural events as far back as 15 March 2007. On 25 April 2007, officials neither approved nor denied permission and referred the band to a higher authority – the Ministry of Culture or the Office of the President.
One of Krama's songs is included in the appendix to the Freemuse report on music censorship in Belarus, 'Hidden Truths', with links to and information about the band. See link below.
After a meeting between in Minsk on 21 November 2007, the musicians who were blacklisted in 2004 are now allowed to perform live and to be played on air in the radio
On 22 September 2007, about 100 people and a bus with Belarusian musicians going to a rock festival in Ukraine were stopped by Belarusian police forces before entering Ukraine.
The popular Belarusian rock band Krama doubts if they will receive permission from authorities for the launch of their new album 'Krama', but the musicians are defiant to play
Online appendix to the Freemuse report on music censorship in Belarus, 'Hidden Truths', with links to and information about seven Belarusian songs - six audio files and one video
Online appendix to the Freemuse report on music censorship in Belarus, 'Hidden Truths', with links to and information about seven Belarusian songs - six audio files and one video
Video with anthropologist Medich and musician and journalist Lovas who explained about music censorship in Belarus at the Third Freemuse World Conference in 2006
Freemuse turns its attention to Belarus - an authoritarian former Soviet country buffering the EU and Russia where many Belarusian rock musicians have been banned
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