Global Notes: What Happens When Songs Are Banned

Pal Moddi Knutsen
Troms Arbeiderparti / Flickr
Pal Moddi Knutsen
Troms Arbeiderparti / Flickr

Global Notes: What Happens When Songs Are Banned

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As long as music has been around, there have been songs deemed too controversial or threatening for the public to hear or see performed. On this week’s Global Notes, we’re joined by Norwegian musician Pål Moddi Knutsen, whose new album Unsongs was borne out of a curiosity about why songs are banned in the first place.