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Burma’s First Girl Band Pushes Boundaries

How to you know a country is ripe for democracy? When it’s got an all-girl band singing about freedom.

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If there is one clear sign that Burma is in the midst of a political and cultural shift, it’s in its music scene.

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Two years ago, the only pop songs being generated in the country were “copy tracks,” slavishly reproduced hits copying international stars like Britney Spears, Jennifer Lopez, and various...

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