Imarhan is an Algerian Kel Tamashek (Tuareg) desert blues quintet formed in 2006, in Tamanrasset, southern Algeria. Band members grew up near each other in…
Artist Profiles: Imarhan
Tag: Algeria
Artist Profiles: Djazia Satour
Djazia Satour was born in Algiers on December 9, 1980. She grew up in Algeria and arrived to Grenoble (France) in 1990. At the age…
Artist Profiles: Mohamed Adlen Fergani
Mohamed Adlen Fergani was born on the 29th of April 1993 in the city of Constantine, Algeria. He belongs to the Fergani family where…
Artist Profiles: Marzoug
Marzoug combines Arab and African cultures. The musical family settled in the El Alia district of Biskra, in southern Algeria. Marzoug is led by the…
Artist Profiles: Cheb Nacim
Cheb Nacim combines contemporary Rai with a traditional music base. Singing in Arabic, he possesses a unique combination of tone and technique that transcends language…
Artist Profiles: Yelas
Yelas was born in the 20th century in Tarihant, ‘a little village perched in the mountains not far from the sea’, he was from a…
Artist Profiles: Idir
Author of one of the first world music hits, Idir was an ambassador of the Kabyl culture (Berber people inhabiting Northern Algeria) since the 1970s.…
Artist Profiles: Umalu
Umalu is a North African Berber, born in Algeria. He grew up in Europe and currently lives in Los Angeles (United States of America). After…
Artist Profiles: Souad Massi
Souad Massi is a Paris-based Algerian singer-songwriter. With a beautiful voice and a large palette of influences to draw from, Souad Massi is one of…
Artist Profiles: Rachid Taha
Rachid Taha fused the music of his native Algeria with the sounds of the West. Born in 1958 in Oran, Algeria, Rachid grew up in…