Imarhan emerged from southern Algeria’s close-knit Tuareg community in 2006. Fans of Tuareg rock greats Tinariwen will already be familiar with the quintet; Imarhan front man Iyad Moussa Ben ...

Omar Mokhtari, a master vocalist and instrumentalist from Algeria now living in Northern California, will perform traditional music from his native country at 7 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 21, at the Village ...

"I hate world music," Rachid Taha said via phone from his Paris apartment. Taha -- the French-Algerian singer, songwriter and bandleader whose music many would describe as the epitome of world beat -- ...

Tuareg women-only musical tradition reborn in Algeria A single-chord violin played only by Tuareg women is making a comeback in Algeria as the last of its players come to the rescue of a tradition on ...

Listening to El Medioni’s work is a deep dive into the history of north African Jews over the last 150 years, long pre-dating his birth. Idir’s songs gave Kabyles a sense that their culture counted: ...

The audience are on their feet and dancing, during a jazz concert by Minneapolis U.S. Bluesman Bernard Allison in Constantine, Algeria. Young people climbed up the old marble columns of the hall for a ...

The death of Algerian icon Idir has brought an important chapter of Algerian music to a close. Through his brilliant career, Idir modernised and promoted the richness of Kabyle melodies and poetry, ...

For the Algerian band Democratoz, getting audience members up and dancing isn’t the only goal. They want a revolution. Known for their eclectic mix of Algerian rai, rock and reggae, the seven members ...