Stephen Coates

author of “Bone Music”

Stephen Coates on KCRW

After World War II, the Soviet Union officially banned rock, jazz, and blues music. But people made bootleg versions of that music — recorded onto thin sheets of X-ray film.

Bone music: ‘Strange dusty records’ give hope that change can come

After World War II, the Soviet Union officially banned rock, jazz, and blues music. But people made bootleg versions of that music — recorded onto thin sheets of X-ray film.

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