Rachid Taha is known to bristle at the idea of “world music”, and he should. The Algerian native never asked for his blend of North African folk music...
Joe Tangari - 07/Jul/2010
Back before Rachid Taha was a solo performer, and before he started his first band, Carte de Séjour, he was already figuring out ways to reconcile the...
cloudspeakers - 08/Jun/2010
In 2004, this Algerian rocker released an Arabic-language version of “Rock the Casbah” that slyly reclaimed the Clash hit as authentic Middle Eastern ...
Jon Lusk - 06/Nov/2009
It’s a cliché, but often the case, that some artists lose their edge when at their happiest. For nearly three decades – first with ...
Robin Denselow - 30/Oct/2009
Rachid Taha has calmed down. Best known for his furious Arabic and rock fusions, and that rousing tribute to his hero Joe Strummer on Rock El Casbah, ...
Francis Dordor - 03/Dec/2009
"Nul n’est prophète en son pays”, pourrait-on affirmer au sujet de Rachid Taha. Mais de quel pays s’agit-il au juste De l’Algérie où il est n...