In the 1990s I had the good fortune to meet with the late Algerian singing star Idir (Hamid Cheriet 1949-2020). We chatted for several hours in a café outside the Berber Cultural Association in Paris.

Remember Aamir Khan and Rani Mukerji’s Mann (1999)? One of its songs, Kaali Nagin Ke Jaisi, has an unexpected musical connection to Algeria. But the more interesting story is the man behind that ...

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, ...

Idir, an Algerian singer who gave voice to the Berber and Kabyle cultures, has died. By Associated Press Idir, an Algerian singer who gave voice to the Berber and Kabyle cultures, has died in Paris.

Photo courtesy of Habibi Funk’s Soundcloud Algerian composer Ahmed Malek, who scored Algerian films and television shows, has the reputation of being the Arab world’s answer to Ennio Morricone. The ...

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 ...

Born in Algeria but living in France since he was 10, Taha was always passionately outspoken in his songs both against what he saw as the West's racism and unjust wars, and the Arab world's ...

"Bled Music" is an Algerian musical television program broadcast on ENTV between 1991 and 1992. directed by Aziz Smati and presented by Kamel Dynamite, Farid Rockeur and Samia Benkherroubi. The show, ...

An Algerian, he combined the music of his Sephardic roots with Arab traditions, incorporating boogie-woogie and other influences to create a singular style. By Adam Nossiter Maurice El Medioni, an ...

Algerian Berber musician Idir dies at 70 Berber music has lost one of its most cherished ambassadors and Al Jazeera looks back at the life and legacy of Algerian singer, Idir.

Smithsonian Institution, Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, 600 Maryland Ave., S.W., Suite 2001, Washington ...