M.I.A. is a British artiste , and her family is Sri Lankan Tamil. Maybe that is a reason she is not famous in India?
She is becoming increasingly famous throughout Europe, her music as well is quite experimental dancehall stuff, the kind of music that gets nightclubs going in London and the continent.. I read about her visiting ARR's studio some years back and was really curious. She makes fantastic music , and like Stevan says, incomprehensible lyrics mostly :-).In her album Kala, the booklet (as for any artiste these days) has a list of acknowledgements.. after buying the cd and reading "A.R.Rehuman" among her thanks notes I was really positively surprised!! For those interested http://www.deezer.com/#music/result/all/M%2EI%2EA%2E listen to some of her songs here. Prabhu 2008/11/18 Vithur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Yaaru paaa MIA ? > > I dont know anything abt her... and I dont think anyone in Tamil Nadu knows > her. > > All we know are Chitra, Sujatha, Janaki, Susheela > > On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 9:57 AM, sdavies0 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > >> So, I discovered that ARR used a song Paper Planes in Slumdog M and >> checked it out. It was fantastic. Then I looked up MIA and she turns >> out to be a Tamilian-Britisher. Furthermore her last album Kala was >> Rolling Stone's number one album of last year. I think there is a ARR- >> MIA combination song also in Slumdog M. >> >> So I got hold of Kala and her first album and they are brilliant. >> Incomprehensible lyrics that seem to have meaning through the nonsense >> (rather like Dylan, I think)coupled with a kind of Neo-Classic >> Electronica Rap. >> >> Question I have for you in India, especial Tamils, is what if anything >> is the status of MIA music in India? Has anybody ever heard of her, or >> is she well known, or what? >> >> Stevan Davies >> >> > > > -- > regards, > Vithur > > > > >
