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Re: demand for "authentic" ethnic

At 11:46 AM 1/7/2000 -0600, you wrote:
>Because ethnic music is so cool, and readily available outside whatever it's
>original intended market was. Lots of great labels (such as Traditional
>Crossroads, Institut du Monde Arabe, ARC, etc.) with good USA and
>international distribution networks.
>                                EK

So this trend is only because the stuff is more available? Availability is
driving demand? Question is, why is it widely perceived as "so cool" now if
it wasn't before?

Matt

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