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The Czech Supreme Court cancelled on Wednesday a 37-year-old verdict of a
communist court which sent four young writers to jail for defamation of the
Soviet Union and public disturbance. The four men, who spent up to a year
in prison, got into trouble in the summer of 1973 in a Prague pub – when
they sang an old song with slightly innovated lyrics. More
Sunday Music ShowProtest singer Karel Kryl - an influential voice in Czech folk music
In today’s edition of our Sunday Music Show, we listen to music by the
legendary Czechoslovak folk singer Karel Kryl. He became one of the
country’s most important protest singers with his famous 1968 song
“Bratříčku zavírej vrátka,” and his tunes continue to be played in
the Czech Republic to this day. More
Current AffairsMilan Hlavsa - legendary Plastic People frontman remembered
January 5th marks ten years since the death of Czech underground music
legend Milan Hlavsa. At the age of just 49 in 2001, the frontman for The
Plastic People of the Universe and Půlnoc succumbed to lung cancer; fellow
musicians from both bands will commemorate the singer and bassist on
Saturday at Prague’s Akropolis. More
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