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M.I.A., Elsz, Navz, Pritt and other Sri Lankan Tamil indie artists you need to listen now If you are new to the Sri Lankan Tamil diaspora music scene, we’ve made a starter-list for you with song recommendations. If you are into Tamil indie music, thanks to Arivu and Dhee’s ‘Enjoy Enjaami’ that has already become 2021’s anthem, now is a great time for you to discover a whole world of independent Tamil musicians from the Sri Lankan Tamil diaspora too. Theirs is a style that’s distinct, very much like the Sri Lankan Tamil language itself. Coming from a space laden with inter-cultural influences, the music that’s being made by these women of colour stands apart among western pop and rap music. While it’s difficult to blanket them under a single style, these young women have their own stories of struggle packed into the music that they create, delivering it with ...