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The voices of America: how radio helped the West to defeat Communism in Europe


The voices of America: how radio helped the West to defeat Communism in Europe
The last American station on German airwaves is gone. So ends a fascinating history of propaganda, jazz cats and revolutionary rock ’n’ roll
9 January 2021 • 9:19am
Gary Cooper and Ginger Rogers, among other stars, often performed for shows broadcast into Eastern Europe
Credit: Getty
When the English-language radio station KCRW Berlin ceased broadcasting last month – another victim of the pandemic – it ended a 75-year history of American stations on the German airwaves. That lineage began with the Allied invasion of occupied Europe, and played out throughout the Cold War: a story of propaganda, youth revolution and rock ’n’ roll DJs. ....

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Dave Brubeck Took Jazz Behind Iron Curtain, and So Much More


Dave Brubeck Took Jazz Behind Iron Curtain, and So Much More
Bloomberg
12/19/2020
Joe Nocera
(Bloomberg Opinion) I rarely listen to music when I’m working it’s usually too distracting but right now I’m playing “Jazz Impressions of Eurasia,” a lesser-known album by the Dave Brubeck Quartet. December marks the centennial of Brubeck’s birth, you see, and a flurry of concerts and radio shows has honored his legacy over the past few weeks. Not many of them feature tunes from the Eurasia album, but one had a particular importance both for Brubeck and the audience he first played it for. The song is titled “Dziekuje,” Polish for “thank you.” Brubeck wrote it in early 1958 during a train ride to the Polish city of Poznan, part of a 12-city tour of the country, which was behind the Iron Curtain at the time. The tour was sponsored by the U.S. State Department.(1) ....

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