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SOUNDTRACK TO WAR AND PEACE

Program 10-10-03-A

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Music can change the world." It's been said so many times - I wonder if it means anything anymore. Can it? Really, can music change the world? Can a song bring about peace? Or, overthrow a government? In this hour of To the Best of Our Knowledge, we'll listen in on the soundtrack to war and peace. From Benin to Andalusia. From East LA to Sierra Leona. And, the politics behind Beethoven's 9th.

SEGMENT 1:

A young man named Black Nature is one of the Sierra Leone Refugee All-Stars. He tells Anne Strainchamps how the group formed while fleeing from the brutality and bloodshed of their country's civil war. And we hear some of their music.

SEGMENT 2:

Dwight Reynolds teaches Arabic Language at the University of California. He talks with Steve Paulson about the history of religious tolerance in Al-Andalus and how it was reflected in the music of Moorish Spain. Also, Angelique Kidjo is "Africa's Diva" and its- most celebrated female musician. She tells Steve Paulson that her native Benin is still at the heart of her music. Kidjo's latest album is called "Oyo."

SEGMENT 3:

Essayist Beverly Lapp explains what "The Star Spangled Banner" means to her as a Mennonite. Also, Harvey Sachs is the author of "The Ninth: Beethoven and the World in 1824." Sachs and Jim Fleming talk about Beethoven's political leanings and philosophical aspirations and how they're reflected in his last symphony.

CD copies are available at 1-800-747-7444. Ask for program number 10-10-03-A.

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Books & CDs:

Harvey Sachs, The Ninth: Beethoven and the World in 1824 (Random House)
Angelique Kidjo, Oyo (CD)
Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars, Rise & Shine (CD)

Websites:

• Sierra Leone Refugee All Stars
  http://www.refugeeallstars.org/
• Angelique Kudjo
  http://www.kidjo.com/
• Harvey Sachs
  http://www.harveysachs.com/

Music:

• Oruwiebie Magazine Bobo Medley / The Sierra Leona Refugee All-Stars / Rise and Shine / Cumbancha RecordsTamagbondorsu / The Sierra Leona Refugee All-Stars / Rise and Shine / Cumbancha Records

• Atcha Houn / Angelique Kidjo / Oyo / Razor and Tie Records
  Zelie / Angelique Kidjo / Oyo / Razor and Tie Records
  

• Dil Main Chuppa Ke Pyar Ka / Angelique Kidjo / Oyo / Razor and Tie Records
  

• The Star Spangled Banner / Big League Orchestra / Baseball - A Film By Ken Burns - Original Soundtrack Recording
  
• Beethoven: Symphony No.9 / The Cleveland Orchestra, Franz Welser-Möst, conductor / Deutche Grammaphon

Distribution dates: week of 10/03/2010 - hour 1 click HERE for timings and cues

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