As concert venues go, it's not exactly Carnegie Hall. A few dozen folding chairs are set up in a courtyard, in front of a modest elevated stage. A half-dozen musicians are crowded around a table, ...

I’ve been loving every note of a wonderful new jazz/Algerian chaâbi fusion album called Koum Tara: Chaâbi, Jazz and Strings. I featured a track from it on last week’s show, but wanted to share more ...

“Toukadime” means ‘to present’ and that’s exactly what this DJ duo do: Present North African music to your ears. Offering the world a chance to hear some of the oldest and greatest songs from the ...

A graduation ceremony at the National School of Commerce and Management (ENCG) in Kénitra has sparked widespread debate after videos circulated online showing traditional Moroccan “chaâbi” music ...

Morocco and southern Spain were favourite destinations when I was a student in Manchester in the 1970s. We could get a cheap package tour flight to Alicante, ditch the package holiday, jump on a bus ...

Algiers — The master of Chaabi music Boudjemaa El Ankis, author, composer and performer died of an illness at the age of 88, on Wednesday, at Ain Naadja hospital in Algiers, relatives said. Born on 17 ...