Ashley Maher’s Music of Hope and Beauty
In the midst of stressful times, why not take a break, relax, sip some tea, and listen to Tree to Tree. This is Ashley Maher’s…
Artist Profiles: Khaled Habib
El-Kebich composes and performs a type of rai that is both traditional and modern. He has developed a personal musical mix in which he blends…
Artist Profiles: Khaled
Born in Algeria but now based in France, Khaled is known as the king of rai. His Egyptian, Spanish and French music influences were enhanced…
Artist Profiles: Ilyes
Ilyes is a singer, pianist, composer and arranger from Algeria. He was born in 1972 in Batna’s mountains. He started to appear at the age…
Artist Profiles: Hasna El Becharia
Hasna el Becharia is a female Gnawa multi-instrumentalist. She was born in 1951 in Béchar (formerly known as Colomb-Béchar, a garrison town during the time…
Artist Profiles: Hamid Baroudi
Hamid Baroudi grew up with music in Algeria and took to the stage at the early age of 15. In Algeria, music is more than…
Artist Profiles: Habib and Hassina Guerroumi
For Habib and Hassina Guerroumi, Arab Andalusian music is more than a cultural heritage. Their musical approach to this art is pure and modest. It…
Artist Profiles: Cheikha Rimitti
Cheikha Rimitti was one of the most influential singers in the development of the popular Algerian music style known as Rai. She was born in…
American Troubadour: Charles Bradley, Charles Caldwell, RL Burnside
In the 20th century, a wonderful thing happened to American poetry. The recordings of musical troubadours, a singer of vernacular poetry, became very important to…
Artist Profiles: Cheikh Salim Fergani
Cheikh Salim Fergani is a maestro of Maluf music. Fergani was born in 1953 in Constantine (Algeria), in a family of musicians and artisans, embroiderers,…
Artist Profiles: Cheb Nasro
Born on November 30, 1960 in the small town of Ain-Temouchent (Algeria), home of Bellamou, the famous trumpet player and forefather of Rai music, Cheb…