list of guest musicians. but first springtime in leipzig in eats or eastern germany means that bookworms literally come out of the woodwork bookfair is the second largest in germany after frankfurt and one of its big events is the annual leipsic book award for european understanding. awarded on wednesday night to the russian american journalist author and activist mush i guess been a long time and very outspoken critic of russian president vladimir putin and his brand of strongman politics she was awarded the prize for her book the future is history how totalitarianism reclaimed russia which judges have said offers a persuasive lifeline in times when the flames of intolerance are spreading like wildfire here's what she says about her book. is basically. russia's future is shaped by its past and you might say that about any country but what i mean specifically is that. the seventy four years of to tell it turns them shaped in an entirely different society than what we have seen elsewhere in the world and what

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and it depends on the musician and it depends on the politics. you know, yes, i think some people can successfully do that, but that's not necessarily the music i'm interested engaging in all the time. >> okay. to that point, i think one of the reasons the east german punk movement was seen as so problematic by the secret police was that their being was totally indivisible from their politics, so there were other people making activist art, making poetry or visual arts and putting it out into the world, but they themselves as people sort of disappeared into society even as the work went out into the world, whereas the punks because of the way they looked, they represented protests every time they appeared in public, and that was something that freaked out the dictatorship. it was just indistinguishable, their person and their politics were totally indistinguishable. >> yeah, and i think to -- this is the thing that i find very interesting all the time, particularly about, hip-hop music, rap artists, where artists are often -- the conversations ar

america and to given jobs as classical musicians? >> yes. japan until in 1952 after the past treaty was signed.e treaty was my mother will a relative in california who was a musician were both nts musicians and wanted to come to continue their caree careers. in her 40's only and she no longer had the for five childr children. the only one of her sons who was my younger brother who was 6 years old when war ended and he eventually migrated with them to california in 1952. california in the 1950's an coterie of with famous bysicians made arthur rubenstein. a whole a who refugee lew of musicians who worked in .ollywood and los angeles t.s. stakoisky was the conductor of single again ngeles any. -- single again any. a culture that welcomed them and pursued their usical careers in los angeles until they both died. >> what instruments did they pl play? khe khelies and a conductor and my mother was a pianoiest. bill: what did you find solace in as a child. tized.re trauma music? find solace in i was in china in 1983 as a history nd i'm 63 and as to

my mother had a relative in california who was a musician and my parents were both musicians and wanted to come to america and continue their careers. my mother was in her 40's and she no longer have the responsibility for five children. the only one of her sons who remained at home was my younger brother who was six years old when the war ended. he eventually immigrated with them to california in 1952. california in the 50's and 60's had a lot of western musicians. him arthur rubinstein and others, a whole slew of russian musicians who worked in hollywood in los angeles. he was the conductor of the los angeles symphony. they found a community with which they had affinity and which welcome them. so they pursued their musical careers in los angeles until they died. >> what instruments that they play? >> my father was a cellist and also a composer and conductor. my mother was a pianist. >> as a child you were severely traumatized, do you find the beach scares you? do find solace and music? i was in china and 83 and i am 63 years old and history has to be told. there is no such thing as ob

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these absurd things can happen to other musicians they can easily happen to any of us. lately there seems to be an unspoken rule for musicians if you so much as touch on politics you'll have a problem. this situation would make any musician want to write about it it politicizes people who otherwise wouldn't be interested in political protest at all . by the mere putin seems to have understood that as well and has signaled a change in the kremlin strategy the russian president wants his administration to come up with new plans to support youth culture by september. which of the round another modern music is based on three pillars are sex drugs and protest but i just know the drugs are our biggest concern of course you missed. it they clearly lead to a degradation of the entire society see. if this music is impossible to stop then we will have to lead and directed properly probably. however putin tries to lead and direct observers say the kremlin will do all in its power to ensure the discontent doesn't turn into a protest movement. but what we've seen so far is an attemp

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famous trumpeter don cherry don cherry is actually her stepfather but her real father was also a musician a drummer from sierra leone of course single eagle eye cherry is ha ha father and three other half siblings are also musicians so music does definitely run in the family it flows in the family and she's on tour this year that's why she's just been in germany on top in support of the new album broken politics ok we'll talk some more in just a second but let's have a listen to some of broken politics. nina charinus once again created a landmark album musically it encompasses various styles and genres bob as ever hendrix of political feminist and personal they actually require that the creative thing is always or will finally start working i'm always kind of fat battling with myself or wondering if i have a side or what it is or if i can. get to it. this song kong for example is influenced by her experiences of working in a refugee camp in palestine. in. after her third album she took a creative break of almost twenty years to concentrate on her family in twenty fourteen she returned wit

it be a man with the packable musical taste because you told me so and a very interesting great musician back in the law and i agree that's why we talk about nina cherry pie ring feminist singing and musical maverick who had a string of hits beginning with buffalo stone she then disappeared for twenty years from the mid ninety's and she's an artist says always dance to our own in the choosing and has gone way within the music industry music runs in the family is now a father of the famous trumpeter don cherry don cherry is actually her stepfather but her real father was also a musician i drummer from sierra the owner of course single eagle eye cherry is ha ha father and three other half siblings are also musicians so music does differently run in the family it flows in the family and she's on tour this year and that's why she's just been in germany on top in support of the new album broken politics ok we'll talk some more in just a second but let's have a listen to some of broken politics. nina charinus once again created a landmark album musically it encompasses various styles and genre

people like musician alexander dommage who currently find it almost impossible to benefit when their creative work is uploaded to the internet. this is about a fundamental right to creators who want to live from their efforts composers photographers whatever have a right to share in the commercial exploitation of their work that means to receive payment for the. critics fear the change will make the internet less free and lead to de facto censorship as legitimate content is mistakenly kept offline they also worry that small black forms will struggle to chase down all the licenses to use content. tens of thousands of people across europe have demonstrated against the plans many feel strongly regulation of the internet should be as light as possible although others say the protests were part of a managed campaign by big corporations like google. with european elections just weeks away the issue of copyright on the internet has become intensely controversial. opponents of the reform say the change means content will be checked by automatic filters rather than human being. what the polit

our guest student an insanely talented musician, a super nice guy, here to chat and play us a song offum gary clark, jr. is joining us, everybody! ( cheers and applause ) also on the show tonight, why 2019 was the worst black history month ever. roy wood, jr. with a magical "cp time" and kim jong un breaks president trump's heart. but first, let's catch up on today's headlines. ♪ israel, it's the country that three major religions call "the holy land." but today the people of israel are saying holy crap! >> breaking news out of israel where prime minister netanyahu has been indicted. the israeli attorney general announcing on charges of bribe bring and fraud. >> netanyahu allidged accepted more than $100,000 worth of cigars and sam shane from a man he gave political and business favors to. >> trevor: that's right, israel's prime minister has been indicted for corruption. and look, guys, i'm all for corruption, but you have to have standards, report? how are you going to be a world leader getting bribed with sam pain and cigars? that is such a trashy thing. that's what poor people think

the julliard trained musician has been apart of the california symphony and opera san jose. people we have talked with in the past have said they were bewildered that he would do this... veregge is now at the santa clara county jail. live in san jose, sara stinson, kron four news. four news. stinson, kron four news. (catherine) developing news... the mental competency of the man charged with a deadly stabbing on a bart platform-- remains unresolved. 28-year-old john cowell is accused of killing 18-year-old nia wilson at the macarthur bart station in july. a judge suspended the legal proceedings -- saying there's substantial evidence that cowell is mentally incompetent to stand trial. in a hearing today-- one doctor clai another doctor said he was not able to conclude cowell's mental competency. next week, a judge will decide if he'll appoint a third psychiatrist. a live look outside right now... as we get our first look as we get our first look at the four zone forecast with chief meteorologist with chief meteorologist lawrence karnow. lawrence karnow: we had a few showers a

i'm just very pleased to be a musician. a wonderful thing to be.ng believed to be a lost work by the italian artist caravaggio goes on show today in london after extensive restoration. it was discovered by chance in an attic in france. the louvre decided not to buy it, so it will be auctioned later this year. kathryn armstrong has the story. the moment of truth. after two years of restoration work, this painting, believed to be a lost work by the italian artist michelangelo caravaggio, has been unveiled in london. the painting, which depicts the biblical story of judith slaying the invading general, holofernes, was found in a leaky attic of a house in toulouse five years ago, where it had even been overlooked by burglars. scientists have since dated the painting to the early 17th century. it is thought to be worth more than $1 million. it is thought to be worth more than $70 million. it was a very important time of caravaggio's work because that is when he leaves rome and he's really developing a new style of painting, darker, more sombre, more tra

my guest tonight is a grammy award-winning musician who is new album is called "this land."cheers and applause ) ♪ welcome to the show. >> thank you. thanks for having me. >> trevor: not only are you an amazing musician, you are somebody who has managed to transcend styles of music. so many people have lauded you as one of "the" musicians of our time -- everyone from "rolling stone," president barack obama, beyonce, jay-z -- they say this man knows how to make music. what is it about your music that connects with such a diverse audience? >> i have to attribute it to where i'm from, austin, texas. i grew up a around sixth street, you could hear jazz, blues, are b funk, seven days a week all day and night for hours and hours. i would run around, take my parents car, they used to call me hot wire and run around. >> trevor: your parents called you hot wire? >> no, my boys. >> trevor: i thought your parents did. i thought those are cool parents. >> yeah. >> trevor: you've always said as an artist you're not overtly trying to push a message, but this land, the album and the title

and then i'll back and have fellow musicians are all virtual servers on their historical instruments but they want to break out. the small early music scene without betraying. at the comp the continuum on sambal experiments with spoken word sounds and music dating from the seventeenth century to the present. to. using a milk from far on the catona children's toys as percussion instruments and a piece of paper to play a glissando on the harpsichord strings for. the music must fulfill just one criterion it must move the listeners. in spite of the wonderful sounds it makes anyone compose his music for harpsichord these days alina alba things start to shine and she aims to change that she believes historical instruments deserve to have a future. before we go a fantastic new museum is opened in the gulf state of qatar shaped like a desert rose crystal it was designed by the renowned french architect to join movie the same who designed the louvre in abu dhabi and no expense spared for instance the entrance includes over one hundred fountain sculptures of nine hundred meter look. we'll have

i'm just very pleased to be a musician. a wonderful thing to be. on twitter. i'm @bbcmikeembley. thank you for watching. well, we're just into march and the weather has turned a little bit colder, after that very warm spell in february. now, the atlantic is looking very turbulent at the moment, look at those clouds swirling around. these are low pressure weather systems and here are weatherfronts, one here — in fact, there's multiple weather fronts around. there's another one coming in from the south as well. all of that is heading in our direction and as promised, the coming days will be very changeable. some days will be wetter than others, but we'll all experience that changeable weather. so first thing in the morning, pretty mild, nine degrees in london first thing on friday. around five degrees expected in aberdeen and in edinburgh, a really murky, misty sort of start to the day, with a bit of drizzle, but it's not all bad because some of us on friday will actually get at least little bit of sunshine, particularly across the western areas, so

now you don't often hear the phrase i'm going clubbing tonight with my heart's accord however a musician does just that she's determined to bring the precursor of the piano kicking and screaming into the twenty first century performing music from a rock to hip hop. does playing an instrument that's been obsolete for the last two hundred years automatically make you old fashioned you know all about dozen things out. she claims the hopes of a stringed keyboard instrument that was widely used in iraq music then in the late eighteenth century the piano took center stage and relegated the harpsichord to the history books today it's generally only used to play early music. at the miller club in munich the ensemble continuum is warming up founded the group in twenty fifteen they perform an eclectic mix of the wrong neo classical and hip hop on historical instruments. were. nearly foreigner was smart enough to kill. themselves the night it. rained fade life is still something still changed nice to love again to have them as and we look for ten years that make him different and present it in anot

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councilwoman now trying to make sense of the violent act, kpix 5 details on the gifted musician taken too soon. >> councilwoman lynette, says that her son was a son of oakland, musician drawing inspiration from the beat, soul, and sound of the town. belonging in every nook and cranny of the city. >> this is a photo of victor on his 21st birthday, fourth his parents. he was a senior at the school of music, studying jazz after transferring from cal state east bay two years ago. the lapd faith he was a victim in an attempted robbery, one mile and a half from the main campus. 4 meapproached him, and one shot at him. the group then took off in a car, he died after being rushed to the hospital this morning. councilmember lynette gibson sent a statement to kpix 5 that reads in part, it is with the upmost status that i share with you the tragic news that my son victor, was slain last night in a senseless act of violence. we are beginning a new chapter in this recurring circle of violence, and it will take all of us together to make it through this tragedy. this is the second tragic loss for t

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a recent study found that musicians' brains are larger than nonmusicians. i've seen kids that don't want to go to school all of a sudden have a reason to come. we have an abbottee program in this district. wire one vapa teacher per 200 students, be arts advocates. thank you. >> president cook: thank you. [applause] >> hello. my name is travis guyer. i'm currently a band teacher at presidio middle school, and i just wanted to talk to you guys a little bit about what we do with our peef budget. so every year, i'd have to say that i have over 200 students a year, and i have to say that we use all of our budget pretty quickly. if you can imagine between pairs and everything else, it goes pretty quickly. most of our instruments are from the 60's or earlier, and they're falling apart. when we go somewhere to perform, i usually bring paper clips and tape just to hold them together. in addition, the funding for peef also funds our jazz band, and we only have -- i'm not sure if any other middle schools in the school district are teaching jazz band right now, but tha

conversation with the audience, conversation musician to musician.re really dug in right now. and i think we need more grey area in our belief system right now and more tolerance. >> reporter: do you feel like you're part of-- a broader conversation that's taking place within america? and-- and if so, how do you think music contributes to that conversation? >> as you see for tonight's opening concerts, there are composers from very different backgrounds-- some of them migrants like me. and-- so we-- i think it's-- it's part of this great texture that makes the fabric of american art and american culture unique and-- and distinctive and i'm very proud to be part of it. ♪ ♪ut >> reporter:n locations like middle earth, the landscape, the sky, all of the elements of moab's wonder create something far more than a conversation. something moab music festival artistic-director and viola player leslie tomkins says can be difficult to explain. >> even in photographs-- in--de just-- the-- you miss one entire dimension of it, which is hard to describe, but that

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." >>> he was a fine, fine, musician. many people sail he was talented but i say he had a gift. >> tributes were pouring in where he was studying in a music program. thank you for being few close friends and teachers in oakland. seems like 21 years victor made a big impact and promising future as musician. he was gunned down on a street corner. at 11:00 sunday morning he was pronounced dead at a hospital in los angeles. hours before the 21-year-old usc student approached by a group of men and shot about a mile from campus in what police are calling a possible attempted robbery. >> victor represented our hope for our young people. because he had it all. >> reporter: angela is found der of public conservator i have music started teaching him when he was 11 years old and thought of him as a son. she said he was a shining example to youth. >> if you have any question about how to move through your life as you adulthood pick up the phone and call victor. >> reporter: victor son of council member who shared this photo of her an

. >>> florida musician james huden was being interrogated for the murder of russell douglas. >> who is bill hill? >> he's a friend of mine who lives here. bass player. >> does that surprise you that i brought up that name? >> yes. >> why? >> uh, because you're from -- whidbey island? >> would it surprise you that i've been talking to him almost daily for the last week and a half? >> yeah, it would surprise me. >> i just wanted to see a reaction. up until that point he was playing it pretty cool, and i think i got the reaction i was hoping for. it kind of deflated him a little bit. >> it's truth or dare time, jim. you know what you told bill. he's your best friend in the whole world.

. >> my name is dawn richardson and musician, drummer and drum teacher. i guess i would say i started my professional path quh i started playing in bands and teaching drum lesson when i was in college. they were definitely not that many women that would do what is doing. in 198 8 i graduated from cal state los ang and studied mostly classical percussion and music education but at the same time i was in hollywood so played at night in rock bands so was doing two different things. >> the reason i'm [inaudible] the people. there is a extremely vibrant art community especially arounds the red poppy art house [inaudible] as a artist in the past 2 or 3 years there is a event called the [inaudible] every 3 months a free art music festival that i usually play at and just met so many people. >> i was teaching a little bit and doing odd jobs like waitressing and going at night and playing in bands and meeting a lot of people. i chss in ban that had cool break jz get parts on tv shows or things like that. a friend of mine, we had mutual friends that got signed to a

musicians pay tribute to singer roger charlery, known as ranking roger, who has died aged 56.nce charles and the duchess of cornwall have taken part in a classic car rally as they continue their official royal visit to cuba. and dealing with racism in football. calls for stadium and tournament bans as the sport wrestles with a familiar, ugly subject.

perception issues i think that we need to deal with as well over a hundred and sixty years ago a musician started a valid in an ati should treat in cairo. that brought us back and was so popular it gave birth to an entire musical genre. a century and a halt later the sound still present a of many egyptians today house of the people's music on al-jazeera. i mean this is difficult to say whether someone is going for someone who's very rich it does matter we need truth i think it's how you approach an individual and that's what it is a certain way of doing it you can just buy a story and fly out. never

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