A few days ago I was in one of my favorite locations in my city quarter of Köln, Café Casablanca. While drinking my green tea with Morrocan mint, I noticed a song and especially it’s very catchy hook. I used my phone to give me a title and saved it for later.
Later at home, my wife, son and me listened to it together:
I didn’t know the artist. Here’s what Wikipedia has to say about him:
Khaled is one of the most important musicians in the history of Raï music in his native Algeria and is one the world’s best-known Arab singers.[2] To date, Khaled has sold over 80.5 million albums (10 diamond, platinum, and gold) worldwide, making him one of the bestselling Arabic-language singers in history. Among his most famous songs are “Aïcha“, “Didi“, “El Arbi”, “Abdel Kader“, “La Poupée qui fait non“, “Wahran Wahran”, “Bakhta”, “C’est la vie“, and “Alech Taadi”.
He holds the Guinness World Record for best-selling artist of raï music.
Wikipedia
To lower our ignorance a bit further, we figured we could listen to his most famous song, Aicha:
When else should I check out, before I go back to listening to OBSCURA?