Moddi is a Norwegian artist, well-known for his political views and his beautiful music. A singer/songwriter who also happily interprets other people’s songs – Kate Bush’s Army Dreamers comes to mind. But he doesn’t just cover other artists, well-known for their exquisite beauty. It’s the message of Army Dreamers that brought him to the song […]
Pussy Riot must be one of the most well-known bands in the world that don’t actually release records or sell tickets for live shows. But then they aren’t exactly a band, more a political collective, still, they do make music and it helps tremendously in pushing their cause. Of the clips below, the first, Organs, is a visceral modern […]
Taking the train into London today, standing at the station near the newsstand in Leighton Buzzard, I read a headline on the front page of a random newspaper “Neck and Neck”. It was of course a reaction to the news that Clinton has lost her 12 point lead because of the FBI investigating her E Mails […]
Pussy Riot Members Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Maria Alyokhina have been freed in a Russian amnesty just in time for Christmas. The release seen as a PR stunt to try and improve Russia’s human rights record also included the release of the Arctic 30 and Putin rival Mikhail Khodorkovsky who has been in prison for 1o long years. […]
Finally ! In an effort to improve their image before the Winter Olympics, Russian authorities are reported to be releasing Pussy Riot members Maria Alyokhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova. Allegedly there will be an amnesty for a large amount of Russian prisoners including the Arctic 30 as well as those who have been imprisoned without any publicity. […]
Pussy Riot Vs Putin continues: http://www.nme.com/news/pussy-riot/73439