R.E.M. Share New Jacknife Lee Remix Of “Radio Free Europe” To Benefit Press Freedom

R.E.M.’s 1981 debut single “Radio Free Europe” is one of the undisputed classics of American underground rock, and its title nods toward a different kind of underground communication. R.E.M. named the song after Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, the American radio networks that beamed their braodcasts into Soviet-controlled countries during the Cold War. R.E.M. aren’t an active band anymore, though they’re still down to get back together onstage if Michael Shannon and Jason Narducy a...

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