Marin Alsop, Yinka Shonibare
'When you grow up in a family of musicians you have no choice' - Marin Alsop
Marin Alsop explains how tricky it can be for a female conductor just to get the hours of practice in, Lily Tomlin on playing a gay woman trying to raise the money to pay for her granddaughter鈥檚 abortion, and Fifi Haroon presents the best music currently coming from Pakistan.
We meet Guatemala鈥檚 feminist hip hopper Rebecca Lane, film-maker Yasmin Fedda on her film Queens Of Syria which looks at the refugee crisis, British Nigerian artist Yinka Shonibare on subverting the expectations of his audience, the best new writing from Nigeria and an appreciation of the classic song Mr Blue Sky by ELO.
(Photo: Marin Alsop (c) Ben A. Pruchnie/Getty Images, Yinka Shonibare (c) Justin Tallis/Getty Images)
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