I’ve been loving every note of a wonderful new jazz/Algerian chaâbi fusion album called Koum Tara: Chaâbi, Jazz and Strings. I featured a track from it on last week’s show,… The music of Koum Tara: ...

As concert venues go, it's not exactly Carnegie Hall. A few dozen folding chairs are set up in a courtyard, in front of a modest elevated stage. A half-dozen musicians are crowded around a table, ...

“Toukadime” means ‘to present’ and that’s exactly what this DJ duo do: Present North African music to your ears. Offering the world a chance to hear some of the oldest and greatest songs from the ...

El Gusto, shown at 5th Panorama of the European Film explores 'Chaabi' music through reunion of Muslim and Jewish music troupe, separated by the political turmoil Algerian Revolution Documentary "El ...

Music from Angelique Kidjo covering Talking Heads, Eddie Daniels’ tribute to Egberto Gismonti, Algerian chaabi music from Koun Tara, a soccer song for Senegal by Sam Mangwana, and other sonic ...

Algiers — The master of Chaabi music Boudjemaa El Ankis, author, composer and performer died of an illness at the age of 88, on Wednesday, at Ain Naadja hospital in Algiers, relatives said. Born on 17 ...

You don't venture into the Algiers casbah without protection and we make our way under heavy escort through a warren of over-populated back streets, souks, courtyards and winding alleys that seem to ...

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