Music from Behind the Iron Curtain

Soundcheck | May 3, 2010
Kay Meseberg, a journalist, DJ and producer for Arte TV, the European arts television network, talks about the challenges of making - and listening to - music in the former East Germany. He also explains the curious modern-day phenomenon known as "Ostalgie" - looking back fondly to life under the former Communist regime. Recorded at the House of World Cultures

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