Musical Archaeology Listening Post 396. Holocaust narratives in literature, film and music originate largely from Central and Western Europe. During World War II the Nazis also penetrated 2,000 kilometers (1,200 miles) into the Soviet Union, in the process murdering...
Bring Them Home Listening Post 395. The song is tender and spellbinding, even without reading the translated lyrics. It’s title, 4.5.0., is Ukrainian military code for “All is well,” and it paints a dream trapped in the heart of every parent and every child’s...
Raising Her Voice Listening Post 378. Often faulted for kitsch, the Eurovision Song Contest achieved gravitas in 2016 when organizers stood up to Russian protests over Ukraine’s winning entry, 1944, about Stalin’s deportation of 200,000 Crimean Tatars to central Asia...
To Life! Listening Post 148. The song Shpatsir in Vald (A Walk in the Forest) has everything—poignant dialogue between lovers about to be separated by war, a dulcet Russian waltz melody and the spellbinding voice of Sophie Milman (video 1). The lyrics were penned in...
