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(Sharyn Morrow/flickr)Protesting in Silence
Grocery stores, a radio network, and thousands of British citizens are swearing off music for 24 hours. Today on Soundcheck, we talk to the musician behind the U.K.'s annual No Music Day. And later: For hundreds of years, a nomadic people called “the Travellers” have lived on the edge of society in Ireland. Alen MacWeeney, an Irish-born photographer who lived with the Travellers, shares their songs and stories.
The Day the Music Dies
For many, life without music would be unbearable. But thousands in Britain -- including BBC Radio Scotland and two supermarket chains -- have sworn off music for 24 hours today. We talk with Bill Drummond, the former rock musician behind the third annual No Music Day, and David McGuinness of BBC Radio Scotland.
Weigh in: Should No Music Day be observed in the U.S.? Do you think there's too much music in public spaces?
NY Times article about No Music Day
No Music Day website
BBC Radio Scotland
Another Side of Ireland
Alen MacWeeney is the author of "Irish Travellers: Tinkers No More," a collection of stories, photographs, and songs on an accompanying CD that document Ireland’s indigenous nomads, known as Travellers. They have been a fixture on the Irish landscape for hundreds of years, but this is, in many ways, the first complete and close up portrait of this mysterious people.
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