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28 January 2003

Killer "acted out" Eminem song
A teenager who acted out the brutal lyrics of a song by controversial rapper Eminem has been jailed for life.
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09 December 2009

USA: City council discusses ban on hip-hop

A councilman in Fort Myers, Florida, is seeking to have hip-hop music banned at the Harborside Events Center and other venues in Fort Myers

05 October 2009

USA / Jamiaca: Buju Banton has US tour canceled by promoters

US concert promoters canceled shows by Buju Banton after protests from gay rights advocacy organisations over the singer's homophobic song lyrics

07 September 2009

USA: American pop singer pressured to rerecord song

When American pop singer Britney Spears' hit song 'If U Seek Amy' risked censorship on radio stations because of a double entendre in the chorus, she rerecorded the song

15 April 2009

Pakistan/USA: Salman Ahmad: Obama should listen to Pakistani artists

As the Taliban silence music in the Swat Valley in northern Pakistan, Freemuse ambassador Salman Ahmad denounces the Pakistani peace accord with the Taliban

13 March 2009

Iraq / USA: Interview with exiled oud player

Interview with Iraqi oud player and composer Rahim AlHaj - a former political prisoner of Saddam Hussein who escaped Iraq and relocated to the US, New Mexico, in 2000

26 November 2008

USA: Opera composer says he is 'blacklisted' by US authorities

Composer John Adams told BBC he is now 'blacklisted' and followed by US security forces because he wrote the controversial opera 'The Death of Klinghoffer'

23 October 2008

USA: Controversial lyrics lead to concert cancellation

British punk rock band Gallows were removed from the bill of The House Of Blues in California due to offence taken to their lyrics by the owner of the venue, the Disney Company

29 January 2008

Jamaica / USA: Boundaries of freedom of musical expression examined

The boundaries of free speech in today's popular music culture are to be examined in a tv programme recorded in New York, USA, on 7 February 2008

22 January 2008

USA: Lebanese musician denied use of theatre

Marcel Khalife often speaks for reconciliation, resulting in bans in the Middle East. Ironically one of his concerts was rejected in the US, accused of being "unbalanced".

14 October 2007