(JTA) — Nearly 70 years ago to the day, an up-and-coming young Algerian Jewish pianist by the name of Maurice El Medioni dashed off a letter to the Moroccan Jewish superstar Samy Elmaghribi in ...

Fadel collaborated with a range of Algerian singers whose voices shaped the country’s musical landscape. Among them were ...

Ahead of the show ’A Night in Andalusia,’ we speak to Lila Borsali to delve into the rich history of Al-Andalus, its music & ...

Born in Algeria but living in France since he was 10, Taha was always passionately outspoken in his songs both against what he saw as the West's racism and unjust wars, and the Arab world's ...

ALGIERS, Algeria (RNS) — 'We wanted to help give them a spot where they can reunite, play together and perform together in public,' one organizer said of the El Medrab gallery. ALGIERS, Algeria (RNS) ...

CAIRO (Reuters Life!) - Algerian singer and guitarist Souad Massi says that by spanning two cultures, Arab and Western, she has won some new fans on both sides of the divide. Massi, 34, plays American ...

Numidia Lezoul, born in February 1996 in Bouira (Algeria), has established herself as a key figure in Algerian music and ...

Listening to El Medioni’s work is a deep dive into the history of north African Jews over the last 150 years, long pre-dating his birth. Idir’s songs gave Kabyles a sense that their culture counted: ...

Maurice El Medioni, an Algerian pianist who fused Jewish and Arab musical traditions into a singular style he called “Pianoriental,” died March 25 in Israel. He was 95. His death, at a nursing home in ...