Saturday, May 2, 2009

Cheikha Rimitti's incredible influence on Algerian music

I have a hard time describing my love for Cheikha Rimitti. I hear her music in much the same way I heard it for the first time in Paris in 2001. You have to know her story to understand her music...

Khaled basically copied her and created the song Le Kamel.






Her soul filled life started as an abandoned child singing in bars for soldiers. She became a world famous world music star living a full life and inspiring the origins of modern rai

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