Welcome to this bonus episode of Sound Opinions. I am Greg Cott. My co-host is Jim De Regottis.

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This week we've got a special interview for you. I mean straight from at powerfully represented in the middle of a city that is being bombed by the Russians as we speak.

We were able to speak to one of the musicians who is, I would say Jim, as big a band as there is in Ukraine right now and about to do a US tour in April

which has now been scuttled but he's still continuing to record and play and perform and inspire in the middle of that war zone.

Yeah, you know, Greg, it's not like as a music show, as a celebration of music, as music critics,

we were looking for like, how do we get some Ukraine into this

show. Rather we have both been struck by the sounds coming from this war-torn nation.

The music that is being released on the net saying we are still here, there is

still life.

Do not forget about us.

We hope you stand with us in solidarity. Before we get to our chat with

Serge Tagni Rodino, I want to talk about two other pieces of music that have made

an impact on me. One is a cover of the Clash's London Calling by a punk

group called Beton, B E T O N. You couldn't escape it. It was it was viral on all of our social media. A powerful

reinterpretation of this song substituting Kieve calling for London

calling. It was endorsed by the clash.

There was some debate with Billy Bragg

about where the group stood politically.

Serge in our interview talked about that.

And I think that Bragg and the members of Beaton have had a

conversation since and made it clear. There's also a tick-talk video of this young

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