Raï
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Raï, sometimes written rai, is a form of Algerian popular music whose origins date back to the 1920s. Younger singers of Raï are called cheb or cheba, i.e. 'young', as opposed to sheikh, i.e. 'old', t
Covers of Raï albums from the 1980s
Cheikh Hamada
Cheikha Remitti (1923–2006)
Rachid & Fethi
Cheb Mami
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Mohamed Khelifati, better known by his stage name Cheb Mami, is an Algerian raï musician and singer-songwriter. He sings and speaks in Algerian Arabic and sometimes in Eastern Arabic dialects or in Fr
Raï
…older musicians who continued to perform in the original style. Among the most prominent performers of the new raï were Chaba Fadela, Cheb Hamid, and Cheb Mami. However, by the time the first international raï festival was held in Algeria in 1985, Cheb Khaled had become virtually synonymous with the genre…
Cheb Mami in 1986