What happens when you can no longer practice the profession that is part of your identity? You Canโt Stop the Music is a portrait from todayโs Afghanistan, where life in the shadow of the Taliban can at times seem surreal. When the Taliban took over Afghanistan, Akbar Adeli was a music student at Kabul University. For conservative Afghans, music had been suspect even before the Taliban takeover, but it soon became a gamble with oneโs life โ especially since Akbar plays Western pop music.