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Artist Profiles

Artist Profiles: Habib and Hassina Guerroumi

Angel Romero June 10, 2016 No Comments AlgeriaAlgerian musicArab-Andalusian musicdarbukaHabib and Hassina Guerrouminubaud

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…

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Artist Profiles: Cheikh Salim Fergani

Angel Romero June 10, 2016 No Comments AlgeriaAlgerian musicArab-Andalusian musicnubaSalim Ferganiud

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,…

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Artist Profiles: Beihdja Rahal

Angel Romero June 9, 2016 No Comments AlgeriaAlgerian musicArab-Andalusian musicBeihdja Rahalkuitranuba

Beihdja Rahal grew up in Algiers (Algeria) in a family who played Arab-Andalusian music every day. She studied song with the grand master Mohamed Khaznadji…

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Artist Profiles: Akim El Sikameya

Angel Romero June 9, 2016 No Comments Akim El SikameyaAlgeriaAlgerian musicArab-Andalusian musicRai

Akim El Sikameya was born in Oran, Algeria. He is the youngest son in a family of six, born to a Justice Civil Servant father.…

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Artist Profiles: Ahmed el Salam

Angel Romero June 9, 2016 No Comments Ahmed el SalamArab-Andalusian musicblueschaabiFlamencoud

Ahmed el Salam was born in Oued Souf, in the Algerian Sahara, where he learned to play the flute. Later he moved to Algiers, the…

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Obituaries

Algerian-born Judeo-Arabic Musician Lili Boniche Dies at 85

admin March 21, 2008 Algerian musicArab-Andalusian musicLili Bonicheworld music

One of the major figures in the 1930s and 1940s Algerian popular music, Lili Boniche, died on March 6 in Paris. Boniche was known for…

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