I knew that I was inspired by many different things from different cultures and foods and music and genres and people. ![]() I knew that it was many different things. I mean, a lot of people can describe this album as many different things. I know what I had in mind, tell me what you had in mind. MARTIN: So I referred to the title of the album "The Bridge," but tell me what you had in mind. ![]() Melanie Fiona, thank you so much for joining us. MARTIN: And she's on tour now, but she was kind enough to stop by our Washington, D.C. And it kills me to know how much I really love you. A part of me wants to leave, but the other half still believes. I've got to be out of my mind to think it's work this time. MELANIE FIONA (Musician): (Singing) Some things I just can't stand. But maybe she describes herself best in the title of her debut album "The Bridge." Here she is singing her number one hit "It Kills Me." And you could say, as critics have, that her music is a blend of pop, some rock, R&B and classic soul with a twist of attitude. How shall we describe Melanie Fiona? Well, she's Canadian-born with Caribbean roots. "We find that appalling," she said, calling it an "inconsistent position" that suggests "these people are not truly interested in their own exercise of freedoms, but are perhaps more so interested in taking freedoms away from others.I'm Michel Martin and this is TELL ME MORE from NPR news. She disputes the argument the availability of some challenged books violates a parent's right to choose what a child reads. Because if you take away these books or any books that a group targets - they say are wrong or illegal or pornographic or whatever they want to call it - they're taking someone else's right to access away." 'Appalling' logic: library groupĪt their core, the challenges at the South Central Regional Library are about a much bigger issue: intellectual freedom, or the right to access information from different perspectives without being restricted, said Melanie Sucha, president of the Manitoba Library Association, which advocates for libraries in the province. ![]() "As a public library, our obligation to our community and our patrons is to provide something for everyone," said Ching. And while it would "make life easier for all of us" to meet the demands to remove them, it's out of the question, she said.
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