Ever paid attention to Mexican music or any Cuban jig and at right after than listen to a song done by the Egyptian artist like Amr Diab? If you thought that the two pieces of music were sought related, almost like cousins you are not alone. Beautiful Arabic language tunes which are essentially what North African heritage is, has had great influence on Hispanic music.
One of the best musical genius of the Northern parts of Africa as mentioned is Amr Diab with his style of music internationally referred to as Mediterranean. He has produced a number of great hits but the most obvious one and a world hit if I may add was “Habibi” released in 1996
Another one of Northern African is none other than Algerian Khaled, the king of Rai music. He gave us hit song “Aicha”. There is quite a lot we can say about Khaled but he is needless to say one of the most popular Musicians in Northern Africa. Another one of Algerian fame is Faudel. Even though raised in France his music is considered an Algerian music icon.
Libya is another place where we can find some big stars notably Cheb Jilani. His music was largely influenced by his upbringing in Egypt where he learned folk songs as a young man.
Rabat and Casablanca are two Moroccan cities that server as hub for great Northern African tunes. Rhany is one of them. His music has a lot Cuban and Hispanic sway as Rhany himself has recorded some of his music in the Caribbean.
Khaled
North Africa musician’s collaborations has been great over the years as witnessed with Khaled, Faudel and Rachid Taha especially in live events. As fans we look forward to even more of these kind of collaboration between Northern African musicians as well as with other artists from even places like North America.
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