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NANCY SINATRA  (USA)28 August 2002 Nancy Sinatra interviewed by Freemuse/Lars Jørgensen at Skanderborg Festival, Denmark, 9th of August 2002. Part I Nancy Sinatra, are you aware of any cases of music censorship? Part II Should there be any limitations of musical expression? Part III Do you have any personal experiences with censorship? Visit Nancy Sinatra's official website Related reading: Nancy Sinatra Video interview with Nancy Sinatra 28 August 2002 Explicit Lyrics & Parental Advisory Tipper Gore, the PMRC, and the infamous black-and-white logo: Background material and news articles 01 February 2004 Prince Says He Wants Less Explicit Lyrics "I have a responsibility to (young fans) to perform in a manner that I would like my children to be performed in front of" 16 July 2004 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 USA: Disney criticised for stopping heavy metal concerts Why has the heavy metal genre now been labeled “inflammatory” and their fans “undesirable? at House of Blues venues in Anaheim and Orlando? 11 October 2007 USA: Gangsta rap condemned by local police The police in Colorado Springs publicly condemned the music genre gangsta rap in a news release after a killing in July 2007, writes The New York Times 05 September 2007