Rachid Taha compares his music to a plate of couscous. Interviewed via translator from his home in France, the 49-year-old Algerian-born singer and global punk icon says he was happy to discover that ...

Ya Rayah (You, the One Leaving) is one of the most famous Arabic songs worldwide, and, for me, it’s possibly one of the best songs ever written in any language. The Algerian ballad was originally ...

We begin this week by remembering singer Rachid Taha, the French-Algerian rock star who passed away on September 12 at his home in Paris. In his New York Times obituary, critic Jon Pareles called Taha ...

In his adopted homeland of France, and across much of north Africa, Rachid Taha has achieved cult status. This Algerian exile with a scruffypunk image won the Victoire De La Musique, the French ...

Algerian and French musician Rachid Taha uses sounds from rock, hip-hop, dance and reggae to create unique dance tracks. That blend of musical cultures reflects Taha's own multinational background: ...

Rachid Taha, who has died of a heart attack aged 59, shook up the global music scene with his inventive and fiery fusion of Algerian styles and rock, techno and punk. An engagingly bohemian-looking ...

I want to prove, once and for all, that music connects and unites every nation, every culture, and every person on this planet. That's why I decided to play one song from every single country” - ...

Singer Rachid Taha, giant of 1980s French rock, whose group Carte de Séjour remade the Charles Trénet classic "Douce France", died aged 59 of a heart attack on Tuesday night, said his family. “It is ...

The Algerian singer's life was defined by his uncompromising political stand in solidarity with oppressed groups, wherever they may be The death of Algerian singer Rachid Taha last month brought great ...

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