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 ...

For most bands, moving to a city like Chicago is a big step, offering the chance to get your name out on a thriving local scene. For rising indie rock outfit The Roof Dogs though, things didn’t go to ...

"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 -- ...

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 ...

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 ...

In the four decades of his accomplished career, global electronica DJ Cheb i Sabbah -- a Berber Jew from Algeria now living in California -- has specialized in crossing barriers among nationalities ...

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, ...

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As concert venues go, it's not exactly Carnegie Hall. A few dozen folding chairs are set up in a courtyard, in front of a modest elevated stage. A half-dozen musicians are crowded around a table, ...