Kurdish musician in world compilation
Kurdish musician in world compilation
Kurdish musician Ferhat Tunc contributed to an international album project which will bring world's most famous protest musicians.
The album "Listen to the Banned" including the work of 14 international artists, all of whom have experienced imprisonment, censorship, harassment or violence because of their music, was released last week
Ferhat Tunc sang Alisero, a song in Zazaki Kurdish for the album along with Lebanon's Marcel Khalifa, Zimbabwe's Chiwoniso Maraire, Ivory Coast's Fadal Day and several others.
Listen to the banned includes a booklet portraying some of the world most renowned artists facing censorship.
Their stories are often painful, but they are also the stories of remarkable artists, who will not give in. Artists who believe they can make a difference. There is the song and story of the late Uighur singer, Kurash Sultan, who was imprisoned and tortured by Chinese authorities and after his escape found a new home in Sweden and a very fruitful musical collaboration with Ale Möller.
There is the controversial song about the 'constipated constitution' in Cameroon which led to the imprisonment of Lapiro de Mbanga, and there is the song that made Marcel Khalife spend time in a court room in Beirut charged with blasphemy. Not to mention Tiken Jah Fakoly controversial call on corrupt political leaders to leave power. As it is implied in the title itself, this CD offers a unique opportunity to actually Listen to the banned.
The album "Listen to the Banned" including the work of 14 international artists, all of whom have experienced imprisonment, censorship, harassment or violence because of their music, was released last week
Ferhat Tunc sang Alisero, a song in Zazaki Kurdish for the album along with Lebanon's Marcel Khalifa, Zimbabwe's Chiwoniso Maraire, Ivory Coast's Fadal Day and several others.
Listen to the banned includes a booklet portraying some of the world most renowned artists facing censorship.
Their stories are often painful, but they are also the stories of remarkable artists, who will not give in. Artists who believe they can make a difference. There is the song and story of the late Uighur singer, Kurash Sultan, who was imprisoned and tortured by Chinese authorities and after his escape found a new home in Sweden and a very fruitful musical collaboration with Ale Möller.
There is the controversial song about the 'constipated constitution' in Cameroon which led to the imprisonment of Lapiro de Mbanga, and there is the song that made Marcel Khalife spend time in a court room in Beirut charged with blasphemy. Not to mention Tiken Jah Fakoly controversial call on corrupt political leaders to leave power. As it is implied in the title itself, this CD offers a unique opportunity to actually Listen to the banned.
