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“THERE’S a word that comes up more than any other in a conversation with Manu Chao, and it’s not one you’d imagine is foremost on the mind of a global music superstar: neighborhood.
Neighborhoods are Chao’s nerve center, the source of information and the center of power. It’s where reggae kids mixed it up with punk kids in the squats of suburban Paris. It’s where he plays, to this day, in little Barcelona taverns, because when it comes to road-testing new songs, you can’t lie to a bartender. And the neighborhood, according to the left-leaning, politically outspoken musician, is where the revolution begins:”
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