Global Dance Music Coming to New York

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Rob Weisberg
Arts | Jul 12, 2010

New York, NY —

The international success of the Anglo-Sri-Lankan rapper MIA and her producer Diplo has sparked the spread of new, hard-edged, world-music-infused dance music. And a lot of it is coming through New York this spring. WNYC's Rob Weisberg has this musical preview:

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