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Burma: Conscripted for Karaoke
Promoting the Burmese governments National Convention, three famous singers; Khin Maung Toe, Ringo and Htun Aeindrabo are singing a jingle on Myanmar TV—but something is not right. Expressionless, the three gaze at their scripts and sing blankly, even though the song is short and repetitive. The singing zombie trio in concert. News indicates that these musicians were conscripted into singing and possibly blackmailed by authorities. Story from The Irrawaddy |
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| More about Burma: |
| Myanmar/Burma: Musician Win Maw released |
| Win Maw, one of Burma’s most famous musicians, is reported to have been released from Kyaukphyu Prison in Arakan State on 13 January 2012 at 13:40 pm local time |
| 13 January 2012 |
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| Myanmar/Burma: Flow of secret music files |
| Exiled Burmese musicians develop alternative communication channels, and their music is being smuggled across borders and distributed secretly within Burma via the internet |
| 27 September 2007 |
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| Myanmar/Burma: Music under siege |
| Music provides a rallying point for the masses during political upheavals in Burma. An excerpt from the book 'Shoot the Singer': Chapter 6 |
| 28 October 2005 |
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| Darko C |
| Video interview with Darko C from Rangoon about the loosening censorship controls over media and the arts, produced by Voice of America on 12 January 2012 |
| 13 January 2012 |
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| Generation Wave |
| Audio interview with Generation Wave - a group of Burmese hip-hop artists and activists - about freedom of expression and censorship among musicians in their country |
| 11 February 2011 |
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