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,… The music of Koum Tara: ...

“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 ...

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 ...

On the margins of the cultural revolution that swept over Egypt, in the poorest neighborhoods of Cairo, an electrifying local form has evolved out of the popular music known as “chaabi.” Mahraganat, ...

A viral video showing Moroccan surgeons playing loud traditional “chaabi” music, even dancing, during a surgical operation has triggered widespread outrage across Morocco, sparking demands for an ...