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List Of Raï Musicians
This is a partial list of musicians and groups of musicians who have worked in the predominantly Algerian raï genre of music. Artists *Abdel Ali Slimani *Ahmed Fakroun *Boussouar El Maghnaoui *Boutaiba Sghir *Bouteldja Belkacem *Chaba Fadela *Cheb Bilal *Cheb Hasni *Cheb Mami *Cheb Nasro *Cheb Sahraoui *Cheb Tarik *Cheba Zahouania *Cheikha Rabia *Cheikha Rimitti *Fadela & Sahrawi *Faudel *Gana El Maghnaoui *Houari Manar *Khaled (musician), Khaled *Messaoud Bellemou *Najim (singer), Najim *Rachid Baba Ahmed *Rachid Taha *Raïna Raï *Reda Taliani References Bibliography * * {{DEFAULTSORT:List of rai musicians Raï, * Arabic-language singers, Lists of musicians by genre, Rai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raï
Raï (, ; , , ), sometimes written rai, is a form of Algerian folk music that dates back to the 1920s. Singers of Raï are called () or (), i.e. 'young', as opposed to (, 'shaykh'), i.e. 'old', the name given to Chaabi singers. The tradition arose in the city of Oran, primarily among the poor. Traditionally sung by men, by the end of the 20th century, female singers became common. The lyrics have concerned social issues such as disease and the policing of European colonies that affected native populations. Reprinted in ''The Anthropology of Globalization: A Reader'', ed. by Jonathan Xavier and Renato Rosaldo. Blackwell, 2002. History Origins Raï is a type of Algerian popular music that arose in the 1920s in the port city of Oran, and that self-consciously ran counter to accepted artistic and social mores. It appealed to young people who sought to modernize the traditional Islamic values and attitudes. Regional, secular, and religious drum patterns, melodies, and instrum ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Voix Du Nord (daily)
''La Voix du Nord'' (; or 'The Voice of Nord') is a regional daily newspaper from the north of France. Its headquarters are in Lille. History ''Voix du Nord'' was one of the underground newspapers of the French Resistance founded in German-occupied France during World War II. The paper first appeared in Lille in April 1941 at a time when the region of Nord-Pas-de-Calais was being ruled by a German military government in Brussels. The newspaper's tag-line described itself as the "Resistance organ of French Flanders." The post-war version of the paper is part of the Belgian company, Rossel group, which also owns the major Belgian newspaper ''Le Soir'', which it bought from Socpresse in 2006. Origins in Occupied France is a clandestine newspaper that gave rise to a movement of political resistance. The resistance group was called ''Voix du Nord'' ("Voice of the North"—of France, or, "Voice of the '' Nord''"—a French department). Sixty-five copies of the first issue ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rachid Taha
Rachid Taha (, Latn, ar, Rashīd Ṭāhā, ; 18 September 1958 – 12 September 2018) was an Algerian people, Algerian singer and activist based in France described as "sonically adventurous". His music was influenced by many different styles including rock and roll, rock, Electronic music, electronic, Punk rock, punk and raï. Early life Taha was born on 18 September 1958 in Sig, Algeria, Sig, Mascara Province, Algeria, although a second source suggests he was born in the Algerian seacoast city of Oran. This town was the "birthplace of raï" music, and 1958 was a key year in the Algerian struggle for independence against French authority. He began listening to Algerian music in the 1960s, including street-style music called Chaabi (Algeria), chaabi. Additionally, music from the Maghreb region was part of his upbringing. He moved with his parents to France when he was ten years old, settling in an immigrant community around the French city of Lyon in 1968. His father was a texti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rachid Baba Ahmed
Rachid Baba Ahmed (; 20 August 1946–15 February 1995) was an Algerian record producer, composer, and singer involved in the regional genre known as raï. He was credited with the international popularization of the genre in 1976, through the new pop raï, with a delicate and sophisticated blend of electronic instrumentation. He was also credited with the development of pop raï during the 1970s and 1980s, 1 the performers of which are called ''cheb'' or ''chaba''. Career Rachid Baba produced an album titled ''Rai Rebels'', among many other acclaimed titles released in the United States and elsewhere. He was quoted as saying, with regards to censoring the lyrics to the songs on the albums in order to make them appropriate for observant Islamic audiences, "In the beginning, I let cheb sing the words as he wanted. Now I pay attention. When he sings a vulgarity, I say stop. If he doesn’t obey, I cut it during the mixing." Baba helped many young and upcoming artists, including C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Najim (singer)
Najim Amari, better known by the mononym Najim () also known as Cheb Najim () (born 18 January 1985, Suresnes, Hauts-de-Seine) is an Algerian raï singer. Biography Najim was born in France to an Algerian father and a French mother. Upon his parents' separation, Najim, just 3 months old, moved to Algeria to live with his grandparents in Bordj Bou Arréridj, in east Algeria. He started in music very young at 6 with his uncles who were accomplished musicians. He performed on many social occasions singing mostly Sétifian music. At 15 he accompanied his uncles on a musical tour that took him to major Algerian cities. He also appeared on shows on Algerian television. in 2001, the 17-year-old Najim was reunited with his mother for the first time. In 2003, after finishing his studies, he moved permanently to France performing at different night spots in and around Paris. This is how he met Salah Rahoui (in Arabic صالح رحوي) who had written songs for Khaled, Cheba Zahouani ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Messaoud Bellemou
Messaoud Bellemou () is an Algerian musician and one of the most influential performers of modern raï music. He is considered by some people to be one of the fathers of Modern Raï Music. Messaoud began his career playing the trumpet but soon became known for adding foreign instruments like the saxophone, violin, and accordion to the genre. He worked during the 1970s with different raï singers of his generation like Boutaïaba Sghir, Boussouar El Maghnaoui, Bouteldja Belkacem. In 1980s the term pop-raï has been used to describe the new generation of and (from the Arabic Arabic (, , or , ) is a Central Semitic languages, Central Semitic language of the Afroasiatic languages, Afroasiatic language family spoken primarily in the Arab world. The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) assigns lang ... for "young") introducing new instruments, and together with Belkacem Bouteldja released one of the first records of the new genre. References 1947 b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khaled (musician)
Khaled Hadj Ibrahim (, ; born 29 February 1960), better known by his mononym Khaled (), is an Algerian raï singer, musician and songwriter. He began recording in his early teens under the name Cheb Khaled (, Arabic for "Young" Khaled, with "Cheb" as a common title for male raï singers). Khaled is one of the most important musicians in the history of Raï music in his native Algeria and is one the world's best-known Arab singers. To date, Khaled has sold over 80.5 million albums (10 diamond, platinum, and gold) worldwide, making him one of the bestselling Arabic-language singers in history. Among his most famous songs are "Aïcha", "Didi (song), Didi", "El Arbi", "Abdel Kader (song), Abdel Kader", "La Poupée qui fait non", "Wahran Wahran", "Bakhta", "C'est la vie (Khaled song), C'est la vie", and "Alech Taadi". He holds the Guinness World Records, Guinness World Record for best-selling artist of raï music. Early life Khaled was born on 29 February 1960 in Oran's Eckmühl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Houari Manar
Houari Manar (; born Houari Madani, ; 18 December 1981 – 7 January 2019) was an Algerian raï singer who was popular in his home country as well as the neighbouring Maghreb and Mediterranean countries, and in France. Early life Houari Manar was born Houari El Madani in Oran into a family with 12 brothers and sisters. His mother was a popular ''meddahate'' singer; a traditional folk music performer at festivals and weddings. Two of his brothers, Cheb Massaro and Cheb Larbi, are also raï singers. The family moved to Marseille, France, when he was four. In his youth, he was inspired, in part, by singers such as Celine Dion, Mariah Carey, and Francis Cabrel. Career In 2003, Manar moved back to Algeria to begin a career as a raï singer; a form of Algerian folk music that dates back to the 1920s. He recorded two successful singles, "Cha dani bent nass" and "Kima ndirlek ma terdhach" with the Edition Saint Crépain label. In 2006, he recorded his first album ''Aâchkek mon traitemen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gana El Maghnaoui
Mourad Gana (; born 2 February 1958), known professionally as Gana El Maghnaoui (), is an Algerian raï songwriter, lyricist and composer. Biography From Maghnia (Tlemcen Province), Mourad Gana, better known under the name Gana El Maghnaoui, was born 2 February 1958 in Maghnia, Algeria. As a musician, he plays the violin as well as the trumpet. His debut in rai music dates back to 1973. He was part of the orchestra of the Oran section of the RTA (1974–1980), then in Algiers. In 1978, he released two EPs and a year later he recorded an 8 track cassette. Noting that it didn't work, he disappeared and resumed in 1986 with the hit ''Ala ezzergha rani nsel'' and a cover of Bouteldja Belkacem ''Milouda fine Kunti'', the hit of the year. Discography *EP with Boussouar el Maghnaoui (El Anwar, 1977) *Dayak oulabasse / Salamate salamate with Bellemou Messaoud (El Mehar, 1978) *Self-titled cassette n. 736 (El Anwar, 1978) *Self-titled cassette n. 737 (El Anwar, 1978) *Self-titled ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Faudel
Faudel Belloua (; born June 6, 1978) is a French raï singer and actor of Algerian descent. He released studio albums, notably '' Baïda'', '' Samra'', ''Un Autre Soleil'' and ''Mundial Corrida'' and the live album '' 1,2,3 Soleils'' jointly with Khaled and Rachid Taha. Biography Early years Born in Mantes-la-Jolie, a suburb of Paris, and raised by Algerian-born immigrant parents in the ''Val Fourré'' neighborhood, the young Faudel was introduced to Algerian raï by his grandmother who performed regularly in Oran with the , groups of female musicians who play traditional folk raï at weddings and other family occasions. It was Amaria, Faudel's grandmother, who was largely responsible for teaching him traditional raï rhythms during the summer holidays in Algeria. His first public singing experience was during a family wedding celebration in Oran, Algeria. Faudel started to cover the popular tracks by Cheb Khaled and Cheb Mami at 12, after which he soon fronted the popular ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fadela & Sahrawi
Fadela and Sahraoui were a renowned Algerian raï vocal duo, consisting of Cheb Sahraoui (born Mohammed Sahraoui, Tlemcen, Algeria, 1 April 1961) and Chaba Fadela (born Fadela Zalmat, Oran, Algeria, 5 February 1962). The couple married in 1983. Their debut record, "N'sel Fik", became an international hit, followed by further successes and tours, including US tours in 1990 and 1993. During their time in New York, they collaborated with producer and multi-instrumentalist Bill Laswell William Otis Laswell (born February 12, 1955) is an American bass guitarist, record producer, and record label owner. He has been involved in thousands of recordings with many collaborators from all over the world. His music draws from funk, wo ... on the album "Walli". They relocated from Algeria to France in 1994, but separated in the late 1990s. Both artists have continued to work as solo performers. AMG entry/ref> References Algerian musicians Raï musicians {{Algeria-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cheikha Rimitti
Cheikha Rimitti (; 8 May 1923 – 15 May 2006), born Saadia El Ghizania (), was an Algerian raï female singer. Early life Cheikha Rimitti was born in Tessala, a small village in western Algeria in 1923. She is from the major Berber tribe Beni Ouragh. She had been orphaned as a child due to violent French occupation and began to live rough, earning a few francs working in the fields and doing other manual jobs. Early musical career At age 15, she joined a troupe of traditional Algerian musicians and learnt to sing and dance. In 1943 she moved to the rural town of Relizane and began writing her own songs. Her songs described the tough life endured by the Algerian poor, focusing on everyday struggle of living, pleasures of sex, love, alcohol and friendship and the realities of war. Traditionally, songs of lust had been sung privately by Algerian women at rural wedding celebrations but were considered crude and unfit to be heard in polite society. Rimitti was one of the fir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
