Algerian Raï, the influential popular music that spread throughout North Africa, was inscribed in UNESCO’s Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. The…
Bellemou Messaoud – Le père du raï (World Circuit, 1989) This album presents the music of Algerian musician Bellemou Messaoud, known as the father of…
Rachid Taha – Je Suis Africain (Naïve/Believe, 2019) Rachid Taha, a leading figure in modern Algerian and French music died in late 2018. Je Suis…
Acclaimed French-Algerian singer Rachid Taha died today, September 12, 2018 in Paris, France of a heart attack. The France-based Taha was a world music star…
Orchestre National de Barbés is a piece of North Africa stranded in the heart of Paris. In English, the name means The National Barbés Orchestra,…
Faudel’s has one of the most attractive voices to come out of the vibrant Algerian-diaspora Rai tradition. He is the rising star of Rai music…
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…
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…
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…
Born in the Algerian port of Oran into a Jewish family in 1928, Maurice El Medioni has led a remarkable life crammed full of music.…