Soldiers' Songs

Soundcheck | May 3, 2010
Every war has had its songs of battle, but in Iraq today they are coming from iPods and being played through communications systems of tanks. What are soldiers listening to and what does music mean on the front lines? We’ll be talking with NYU music professor Martin Daughtry, who is one of a number of scholars researching these questions, and a solider and musician about his first-hand experiences and the music he has created as a result of his service.

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