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Updated: 21 March 2007

Click to see introduction video with Martin Cloonan and othersMartin Cloonan (UK)
Chairperson of Freemuse. Convener of Postgraduate Studies, the Department of Music, University of Glasgow. Author of 'Banned! Censorship of Popular Music in Britain: 1967-1992' (Arena, 1996), co-author of 'Policing Pop' (Temple University Press, 2003) and numerous articles on music and censorship. Member of the editorial board of the Beitrage zur Popularmusikforschung and a member of the Advisory Board of Popular Music. He is a reviewer for the journals; Studies in the Education of Adults, Scottish Educational Review, British Journal of Music Education, Popular Music and Popular Music and Society.


Click to see video with Daniel Brown (in French language)Daniel Brown (USA/France)
Vice-Chair of Freemuse. Senior staff journalist and producer with Radio France International (RFI). He has been covering cross-cultural and hybrid music for over a decade. Since June 1997, the Paris-based journalist has been producing the weekly programme World Tracks for RFI. Since April 2004, Brown is editor-in-chief of the English section of the award-winning website
 www.mondomix.com

Krister Malm (Sweden)
Established musicologist specialized in global music issues and author of amongst others 'Big Sounds from Small Peoples – the music industry in small countries' and 'Music, Media, Multiculture'. Former General Director of the Swedish National Collections of Music and former President of International Council for Traditional Music.
Founding member of Freemuse.


Click to see video clip with Bashar ShammoutBashar Shammout (Palestine/Germany)
Holds a Masters Degree in sound recording and engineering. Currently works as a sound engineer and producer with Bertelsmann in Germany. Part-time technical supervisor of the Media Center of the Birzeit University in Palestine.

Click to see video with Klaus Slavensky (in Danish language)

Klaus Slavensky (Denmark)
Professional experience as journalist, teacher, and editor. Since 1991 Director of the Information and Documentation Department at the Danish Institute for Human Rights. Also known as author and editor of publications on Human Rights issues. Founding member of Freemuse.


Click to listen to audio by Ariana Hernandez-ReguantAriana Hernandez-Reguant (Spain/USA)
Assistant Professor of Media Studies, University of California in San Diego, Department of Communication. She is the author of academic and journalistic articles and two forthcoming books on Cuban music and the Cuban cultural industries. She wrote a dissertation on Cuban radio and music, and collaborated with Cuban radio stations while in Cuba. She also hosted a Cuban music radio show in Chicago, IL.

Click to see video clip with Maxwell Sibanda

Maxwell Sibanda (Zimbabwe)
Journalist, who since 2000 has done research on politics and music in Zimbabwe. Journalist at Hamburger Stiftung 2004-05, Media Manager at Roof Top Promotions 2003-04, Arts & Entertainment Editor at the Daily News newspaper 1999-2003, Assistant Editor at Mirror Publications 1996-98, Marketing Officer at Gramma records 1992-95, Arts freelance contributor to various newspapers and magazines 1992-98. Currently a Freelance reporter in Zimbabwe.


Read more:

3rd Freemuse World Conference - report
Read all the speeches and testimonials from the 3rd Freemuse World Conference on music censorship, held in Istanbul in 2006
About Freemuse
Basic information about Freemuse
Board of Advisors
Members of the Freemuse Board of Advisors
Censorship in apartheid South Africa: Documentary and school material
Censorship in apartheid South Africa: Documentary and school material
Charter
The purpose and constitution of Freemuse
Declaration
Declaration from the 1st World Conference on Music and Censorship in November 1998
Executive Committee
Members of the Freemuse Executive Committee
Freemuse 'Ambassadors'
The 'Freemuse Ambassadors' are typically musicians or music promoters who support the Freemuse cause
Freemuse Award 2008
A Freemuse Award will be presented for the first time in 2008. The first person to recieve the award will be announced at the Music Freedom Day on 3 March 2008
Freemuse campaign: Visa issues kill music
In collaboration with international artists organisations Freemuse launches an investigation of visa and work permit procedures in order to influence policy makers
Freemuse enters MySpace
If MySpace was a country it would be among the ten largest countries in the world. On 2 May 2007, Freemuse became a citizen there. Read why Freemuse has entered MySpace.
Freemuse nominated 'best music web site' at Webby Awards
The Webby Awards, the leading international honours for web sites, nominated Freemuse.org for a Webby Award in the category 'Best Music Web Site of 2002'.
Freemuse: Meeting the International Music Council in Brno
Freemuse held talks with the Advocacy Working Group and the International music Council at a meeting in Brno, the Czech Republic, in April.
Freemusepedia
Timeline of incidents of music censorship world-wide
Funding
Who is funding Freemuse?
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