Imarhan emerged from southern Algeria’s close-knit Tuareg community in 2006. Fans of Tuareg rock greats Tinariwen will already be familiar with the quintet; Imarhan front man Iyad Moussa Ben ...

"I hate world music," Rachid Taha said via phone from his Paris apartment. Taha -- the French-Algerian singer, songwriter and bandleader whose music many would describe as the epitome of world beat -- ...

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 ...

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, ...

For most bands, moving to a city like Chicago is a big step, offering the chance to get your name out on a thriving local scene. For rising indie rock outfit The Roof Dogs though, things didn’t go to ...

Musicians perform during the opening ceremony of the 5th "International Festival of symphonic music" held at the Palace of Culture Moufdi Zakaria, in Algiers, Algeria, on Sept. 12, 2013. Twenty ...

Omar Mokhtari, a master vocalist and instrumentalist from Algeria now living in Northern California, will perform traditional music from his native country at 7 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 21, at the Village ...

The other year, I made the case for Moondog as Christmas music. Odds are, you not only took my advice, but you and your people took it so to heart that now your grandmother is running around the house ...

In the four decades of his accomplished career, global electronica DJ Cheb i Sabbah -- a Berber Jew from Algeria now living in California -- has specialized in crossing barriers among nationalities ...

Artist and radio host Khaled Louma, founder of Algeria’s first rock band and a prominent figure of the 1980s, passed away Sunday evening at the age of 70 and was buried on Monday, according to local ...