Music Stories
Sounds Rising: Music from Georgia in days of protests
The Georgian pro-democracy, anti-corruption movement is still in the streets, month after month. Music remains a way to connect those demonstrations with supporters at home and abroad. Tbilisi/Berlin artist Mess)Montage joins as we put together sounds from Georgia (and I write this from soundcheck for a fundraiser tonight).
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Natalie Beridze weaves sounds of Tbilisi street protests into an album
Week after week, Georgia is still, still in the streets. Composer Natalie Beridze has transformed recordings of Tbilisi in November and December into a powerful, haunting, full-length wash of sound for Street Life – as the protests continue.
In Tbilisi, music is on pause because democracy is on the line
It’s another key moment for the democratic movement championed by Tbilisi’s club scene. Georgia has a pivotal parliamentary election tomorrow – one seen as deeply connected to the country’s future and the ongoing war in Ukraine. That prompted the club Bassiani to put on the breaks for tonight. Here’s what music voices are saying about what’s next.
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