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French-Algerian Rocker Rachid Taha Leaves 'Je Suis Africain' As His Final Work
Algerian rock legend Rachid Taha's legacy of innovation lives on in the posthumous release Je Suis Africain.
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A furious mix of hip-hop beats, Arabic primal screams and punk-rock guitars, Taha brilliantly battles against the ideologies of both Western and Arab traditions.
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Arab Soul Rebels: Punk Among the Beurs of '80s Era France
French-Arab band Carte de Séjour made pop music history with their rousing blend of punk and raï in the early '80s. To date there are no successors in sight.
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With a lot going on, South African Spoek Mathambo's second album unleashes township tech on unsuspecting passers by. While it's good, it doesn't quite fully hang together.
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Rachid Taha, after two decades of doing little wrong, has finally made a pop misfire.
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Rachid Taha: Rock El Casbah: The Best Of
Like Joe Strummer, Taha's gift is how he radiates -- that charisma, that persuasion, that force.
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In which the French-Algerian singer-songwriter pushes beyond any known conception of popular music to forge a music without boundaries. That it also happens to kick ass must be regarded as something of a bonus.
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