List of raï musicians

This is a partial list of musicians and groups of musicians who have worked in the predominantly Algerian raï genre of music.

Artists

  • Abdel Ali Slimani[1]
  • Ahmed Fakroun[2]
  • Boussouar El Maghnaoui[3]
  • Boutaiba Sghir[4]
  • Bouteldja Belkacem[5]
  • Chaba Fadela[4][6][7]
  • Cheb Bilal[8]
  • Cheb Hasni[6][9]
  • Cheb Mami[6][10][11][12]
  • Cheb Nasro[13][14]
  • Cheb Sahraoui[4][6][11][15]
  • Cheb Tarik[16]
  • Cheba Zahouania[10][13]
  • Cheikha Rabia[5]
  • Cheikha Rimitti[5][6][13][17]
  • Fadela & Sahrawi[11]
  • Faudel[18]
  • Gana El Maghnaoui[19]
  • Houari Manar[20]
  • Khaled[4][6][10][11][13][21]
  • Messaoud Bellemou[5]
  • Najim[22]
  • Rachid Baba Ahmed[6][13]
  • Rachid Taha[6]
  • Raïna Raï[10]
  • Reda Taliani[23]

References

  1. ^ Ankeny, Jason. "Abdel Ali Slimani – Artist Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved 16 October 2014.
  2. ^ Storm Roberts, John. "Ahmed Fakroun – Mots D'amour". AllMusic. Retrieved 16 October 2014.
  3. ^ Saadi, Meryem (1 August – 4 September 2009). "Oujda, capitale du raï". TelQuel (in French). No. 386. Archived from the original on 13 August 2014. Retrieved 17 October 2014.
  4. ^ a b c d "Khaled a le blues" (in French). Radio France Internationale. 10 June 2002. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
  5. ^ a b c d Koskoff 2008, p. 805.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h Al-Taee 2003.
  7. ^ Harris, Craig. "Chaba Fadela – Artist Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved 16 October 2014.
  8. ^ Hache, Victor (7 June 2002). "Cheb Bilal, la nouvelle étoile du raï". L'Humanité (in French). Retrieved 19 October 2014.
  9. ^ Harris, Craig. "Cheb Hasni – Maghreb Soul: The Story 1986-1990". AllMusic. Retrieved 16 October 2014.
  10. ^ a b c d Koskoff 2008, p. 806.
  11. ^ a b c d Ouazani, Cherif (March 1998). "Rencontre – Le monde selon Mami". Afrique magazine (in French). No. 151. pp. 28–31.
  12. ^ Azpiri, Jon. "Cheb Mami – Dellali". AllMusic. Retrieved 16 October 2014.
  13. ^ a b c d e Langlois, Tony. "Raï". Grove Music Online. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 17 October 2014. (subscription required)
  14. ^ Harris, Craig. "Cheb Nasro – Artist Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved 16 October 2014.
  15. ^ Harris, Craig. "Cheb Sahraoui – Artist Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved 16 October 2014.
  16. ^ "La place Jean-Jaurès valsera demain soir aux rythmes rap, raï et R'n'B". La Voix du Nord (in French). 30 July 2010. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
  17. ^ Ankeny, Jason. "Cheikha Remitti – Artist Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved 16 October 2014.
  18. ^ Wilson, MacKenzie. "Faudel – Artist Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved 16 October 2014.
  19. ^ Ouahib, Aït Ouakli (9 August 2009). "Les Belabésiens réadaptent le raï authentique". L'Expression (in French). Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 17 October 2014.
  20. ^ "سبب وفاة هواري منار وآخر ظهور له". Erem News (in Arabic). 10 April 2015. Retrieved 9 January 2019.
  21. ^ Nickson, Chris. "Cheb Khaled – Artist Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved 16 October 2014.
  22. ^ "La récolte de Najim" (in French). Radio France Internationale. 10 August 2007. Retrieved 16 October 2014.
  23. ^ "A ECOUTER – Rim'k dévoile le nouveau clip de Maghreb United". Premiere (in French). 8 July 2009. Archived from the original on 19 October 2014. Retrieved 19 October 2014.

Bibliography

  • Al-Taee, Nasser (Spring 2003). "Running with the Rebels: Politics, Identity, and Sexual Narrative in Algerian Rai" (PDF). Echo. 5 (1). Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 September 2018.
  • Koskoff, Ellen, ed. (2008). "Raï". The Concise Garland Encyclopedia of World Music. Vol. 2. Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-97293-2.