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Piece Description
Producer Jon Miller reports on the rock band The Free Monks -- a group of Greek Orthodox monks who use their music to spread a message of faith to Greek youth. The Free Monks have made four CDs since they burst onto the Greek pop music scene in 2000. Their songs take a hard line against foreign influence -- part a larger debate about national identity among the Greeks.
Broadcast History
Aired 08/16/04 on NPR's Day To Day.
Transcript
The Free Monks
Jon Miller
INTRO: Jonathon Miller reports on the rock band The Free Monks -- a group of Greek Orthodox monks who use their music to spread a message of faith to Greek youth. The Free Monks have made four CDs since they burst onto the Greek pop music scene in 2000. Their songs take a hard line against foreign influence -- part a larger debate about national identity among the Greeks
CHURCH MUSIC (men's voices) SNEAK UP UNDER INTRO AND BRING INTO CLEAR BEFORE FIRST TRACK...
MILLER: This is what the monks of the Monastery of Saints Augustine and Seraphim Sarof sound like on a typical Sunday morning...
CHURCH MUSIC UP BRIEFLY, X-FADE UNDER NEXT SENTENCE WITH ROCK SONG...
MILLER: And THIS is what they sound like the rest of the week.
ROCK SONG 1 UP long enough to hear "O Kosmos Allazei", then fade under...
MILLER: The song is "O Kosmos All...
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Timing and Cues
INTRO:.
In Greece, the Orthodox Church has always presented itself as the guardian of national identity. But some in the Church don't think it's doing enough to protect the country from western domination. The Free Monks is a popular rock band made up of bearded, black-robed monks. Their music rails against globalization and what they call the "New World Order." Jon Miller visits them in their monastery in central Greece.
OUTRO: That piece was produced by Jon Miller of Homelands Productions. It's part of Worlds of Difference, a series on global cultural change.
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Posted on August 05, 2006 at 11:01 AM | Permalink
Review of The Free Monks
The Free Monks rule! This group is another example of two worlds living side by side in harmony. The members are not your typical set of people. They define cool in a way that is surprising and refreshing. The message of tolerance, positivity, and open-mindedness stays the same, but the medium is bound to change with time. But these guys make an effort to understand what it means to be young in this age and they do so with rock music. Rock music that actually you can listen to and not feel pressured to conform to given ideas.
This is why I love PRX; it gives wonderful pieces like this a home to find listeners.