Rachid Taha
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Rachid Taha was an Algerian singer and activist based in France described as "sonically adventurous". His music was influenced by many different styles including rock, electronic, punk and raï.
Taha in 2011
Taha grew up in the seaside Algerian city of Oran.
Clash singer Joe Strummer
Taha performing in Belgium
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
Rachid Taha
…activist based in France described as "sonically adventurous". His music was influenced by many different styles including rock, electronic, punk and raï. Taha was born on 18 September 1958 in Sig, Mascara Province, Algeria, although a second source suggests he was born in the Algerian seacoast city of…
Covers of Raï albums from the 1980s
Cheikh Hamada
Cheikha Remitti (1923–2006)
Rachid & Fethi