In a rather odd critique of M.I.A.’s November 30th concert, Sarah Rodman observes a unique moment in the performance. She explains it was as though M.I.A.’s attempt to mingle with her crowd almost removed her own stage presence. This is sort of “World Music” in a nutshell isn’t it?
Excerpt:
A gracious hostess, she prowled the stage dancing in synch with a backup vocalist and sidekick rapper - and at one point several dozen giddy members of the audience. She gesticulated alongside images of shimmying children, gun-toting soldiers, and her own drum-banging self on a central video screen, and she fearlessly rapped while body-surfing across the dance floor.
As hard as she worked, M.I.A. seemed to have a more direct connection with those revelers on the floor than the rest of the room, which felt oddly removed from the center of the action, no doubt attributable to the sonic murk.
Read the entire article here: “M.I.A. survives bad mix” - Sarah Rodman
