The recent death of French Algerian superstar Rachid Taha brought to mind the musical genre called raï, so I decided to feature it this week by highlighting a few raï artists.… It’s not hard to ...
What happens when you combine Spanish, French, African and Arabic music? Bedouin shepherds frequenting the Algerian port of Oran first dived into this mixing bowl in the early twentieth century. What ...
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March physical media picks, from Algerian Rai music to Soviet sci-fi
As physical media continues its comeback, The National rounds up the best releases this month across film, music, art and more. Born in Oran, a port city in Algeria, Rai music grew from a folk ...
Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1135764/135764" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> NPR's ...
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