Main melody, instrumental break or eerie sound effect, cheerful tune to shrill alarm, kettle to steam train, referee to wolf, put your lips and thoughts together to suggest songs that blow through music's history
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Headlines in lyrics or titles, to songs about the press, TV, websites and social media, this week it’s time to retell stories of how the news and its communication can also be a musical muse for songwriters
Read moreMovement of the people: songs about migrants, immigrants and refugees
Bollocks to the ban. This week at the bar let's fly in the face of immigration policy ignorance and welcome everyone in – with musical tales of bravery against cruelty, and human spirit seeking its way to a better life
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