Idir, one of the greatest voices of Algerian Kabyl (Berber) music died May 3, 20230 in Paris from pulmonary disease. The passing was confirmed on…
Legendary Algerian Berber Singer Idir Dies at 70
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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.…
New York Will Spend A Night in the Maghreb
Two extraordinary world music artists from North-Africa (the Maghreb), Algerian-born Idir and Morocco’s Najat Aatabou, will share a bill in “A Night in the Maghreb,”…