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Why Do Artists such as Sting Receive Criticism When Engaging in Fundraising and Protest?
When doing some of the last bits of research for my Sting book – I have been pondering on why he received so much criticism off the press for his stance on human rights protest. Before I get around to … Continue reading
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Tagged Conspiracy of Hope Tour, criticism, Fund Raising, music protest, protest, sting, They Dance Alone, World Music
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Sting and the Protest Song
I am presenting a paper relating to my Sting book in Limerick this month at a conference on music and protest. Here is an early draft of what I will be speaking about Introduction This paper will provide an overview … Continue reading
Posted in Academic, Musicology, Sting
Tagged Arthur Koestler, Band Aid, Cueca, e Human Rights Concerts, George Lipsitz, Ghosts in the machine, Graceland, Human Rights Now! concerts, murder by numbers, Participation of Hope tour, paul carr, Paul Simon, Pinochet, protest song, sting, Synchronicity, The Rainforest Foundation, They Dance Alone, We Work The Black Seam, William Blake
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