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Rachid Taha
Taha during a photo shoot in Paris, France in 2006.
Taha during a photo shoot in Paris, France in 2006. Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics.
Background information
Born September 18, 1958 (1958-09-18) (age 49)
Origin Oran, Algeria
Genre(s) Raï, rock
Occupation(s) Singer, songwriter
Years active 1983–present
Website RachidTaha.artistes.universalmusic.fr/

Rachid Taha (Arabic: رشيد طه) (born 1958 in Oran, Algeria) is an Algerian-French musician. Events 96 - Nerva is proclaimed Roman Emperor after Domitian is assassinated Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Oran ( Arabic:ar وهران pronounced Wahran; also transliterated as Ouahran, Spanish: Orán. Algeria ( ar [[Arabic]] الجزائر, Al Jaza'ir ælʤæˈzæːʔir Amazigh: ⴷⵥⴰⵢⴻⵔ Dzayer) officially the People's A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Raï (راي is a form of folk music, originated in Oran Algeria from Bedouin Shepherds mixed with Spanish, French, Rock and roll (also known as rock 'n' roll) is a form of Music that evolved in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s with roots in mostly African A songwriter is someone who writes the Lyrics to songs the Musical composition (chords or Melody to songs or both Arabic (ar الْعَرَبيّة (informally ar عَرَبيْ) in terms of the number of speakers is the largest living member of the Semitic language Oran ( Arabic:ar وهران pronounced Wahran; also transliterated as Ouahran, Spanish: Orán. Algeria ( ar [[Arabic]] الجزائر, Al Jaza'ir ælʤæˈzæːʔir Amazigh: ⴷⵥⴰⵢⴻⵔ Dzayer) officially the People's Algeria ( ar [[Arabic]] الجزائر, Al Jaza'ir ælʤæˈzæːʔir Amazigh: ⴷⵥⴰⵢⴻⵔ Dzayer) officially the People's This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Music is an Art form in which the medium is Sound organized in Time. His music is influenced by many different styles such as raï, techno, rock and punk. Raï (راي is a form of folk music, originated in Oran Algeria from Bedouin Shepherds mixed with Spanish, French, Techno is a form of Electronic dance music (EDM that emerged in Detroit, Michigan, USA during the mid to late 1980s Rock and roll (also known as rock 'n' roll) is a form of Music that evolved in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s with roots in mostly African Based in Paris, France where he began his solo career after his beginnings as the leader of the French rock band "Carte de Séjour", he usually sings in Arabic. Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city Arabic (ar الْعَرَبيّة (informally ar عَرَبيْ) in terms of the number of speakers is the largest living member of the Semitic language Taha moved from Algeria to Alsace and then Vosges, France, where his father had already emigrated, in 1970. Alsace (Alsace alzas Alsatian and Elsass pre-1996 German: Elsaß; Alsatia is one of the 26 Regions of France, located on the eastern Vosges (voːʒ is a French department, named after the Vosges mountain range. In 1981, while living in Lyon, France, Taha met Mohammed and Moktar Amini. ||-||} Lyon, also known as Lyons in English is a city in east-central France. The three of them, Rachid, Djamel Dif and Eric Vaquer would later form the band Carte de séjour ("residence permit") and record their first maxi single Carte de Séjour in 1983. Their first LP Rhoromanie, came out in 1984. Their second and last LP entitled Deux et Demi was released in 1986 and included their famous and ironic cover of Douce France, originally sung by Charles Trenet. Charles Trenet (born Louis Charles Auguste Claude Trénet May 18, 1913, Narbonne, France &ndash February 19, 2001 The band dissolved in 1989.

Politically-engaged, he has always stood up to defend democracy, tolerance and altruism against racism, fundamentalism and discrimination. Fundamentalism refers to a "deep and totalistic commitment" to a belief in and strict adherence to a set of basic principles (often Religious in nature a reaction His breakthrough album as a solo artist was Diwan, featuring remakes of songs for the Maghrebi and Arab traditions. The Maghreb (المغرب العربي al-Maġrib al-ʿArabī) also rendered Maghrib (or rarely Moghreb) meaning "place of Sunset The araB gene Promoter is a bacterial promoter activated by e L-arabinose binding His album Tékitoi, produced by Steve Hillage and released in 2004, also brought him great acclaim and recognition from other rock musicians. Tékitoi is a Studio album released in 2004 by the Franco - Algerian musician Rachid Taha. In the Music industry, a record producer or music producer has many roles among them controlling the recording sessions coaching and guiding the musicians organizing Steve Hillage is a British musician best known as a guitarist In 2005 he performed with Robert Plant, Patti Smith and Brian Eno. Robert Anthony Plant (born 20 August 1948 West Bromwich, England) is an English rock singer and songwriter famous for his membership in the Patricia Lee Smith ( born December 30 1946 is an American Singer-songwriter and poet Brian Peter George St John le Baptiste de la Salle Eno (born 15 May 1948 commonly known as Brian Eno (ˈiːnoʊ is an English Musician, producer

He covered The Clash song Rock the Casbah (in Arabic, as "Rock el Casbah"), which appeared in the 2007 film about Clash frontman Joe Strummer, The Future Is Unwritten. For the debut album by The Clash see The Clash (album The Clash were " Rock the Casbah " is a Song by The Clash, released on their 1982 Album Combat Rock. John Graham Mellor (21 August 1952 – 22 December 2002 better known as Joe Strummer, was the co-founder lyricist Rhythm guitarist and lead singer of the Joe Strummer The Future Is Unwritten is a 2007 Documentary film directed by Julien Temple about Joe Strummer, the lead

Some critics attribute Taha's unique sound to his use of the mandolute, a mixture of the traditional oud with European fretted instruments. A Mandolute is a North African instrument derived from the more traditional Oud. The oud ( عود ʿūd, plural أعواد, a‘wād; kaban; Persian: بربط barbat; ud

The song Barra Barra from his album Made in Medina was featured in the 2001 film Black Hawk Down. Made in Medina is a Studio album by French - Algerian Raï artist Rachid Taha, released in 2000 by Barclay Records Black Hawk Down is a 2001 Academy Award -winning War film directed by Ridley Scott, based on the book Black Hawk Down a

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