Shehan Karunatilaka interview: “Since the 2010s you had kids shooting hip-hop videos. Underground stuff” | Songlines
Monday, February 13, 2023

Shehan Karunatilaka interview: “Since the 2010s you had kids shooting hip-hop videos. Underground stuff”

By Mark Ellingham

The winner of the Booker Prize 2022 talks playing in Sri Lankan grunge and trip-hop bands, the Aragalaya protests and his love of The Police

Shehan Karunatilaka1 ©Dominic Sansoni

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