Launching the new Freemuse report in Nashville, Freemuse founding member, Ole Reitov, met with one of Nashville’s leading music executives, Bob Titley, to discuss corporate censorship and self censorship in the US
Bob Titley is one of the founding members of Music Row Democrats, which was born in December 2003 out of frustration and concern about the changing climate on Music Row (Nashville’s legendary music district).
Some executives feared they needed to hide their liberal political views in order to work effectively. As a manager, founding member Bob Titley has guided the careers of Grammy-winning legends such as Brooks and Dunn, Asleep at the Wheel and Kathy Mattea.
Titley's political interest has turned more toward activism in the past 10 to 15 years. He worked on the Clinton-Gore campaigns, and clients such as Kathy Mattea have performed at events for President Clinton and Vice President Gore.
A concert with the exiled Pakistani singer Haroon Bacha on 9 December 2009 marks the start of 'Impossible Music Sessions' in New York showcasing banned music
When American pop singer Britney Spears' hit song 'If U Seek Amy' risked censorship on radio stations because of a double entendre in the chorus, she rerecorded the song
As the Taliban silence music in the Swat Valley in northern Pakistan, Freemuse ambassador Salman Ahmad denounces the Pakistani peace accord with the Taliban
Interview with Iraqi oud player and composer Rahim AlHaj - a former political prisoner of Saddam Hussein who escaped Iraq and relocated to the US, New Mexico, in 2000
