The recent death of French Algerian superstar Rachid Taha brought to mind the musical genre called raï, so I decided to feature it this week by highlighting a few raï artists.… It’s not hard to ...
Boutaïba Seghir (in Arabic: بوطيبة الصغير), real name Mohamed Affif, is a Raï singer born June 4, 1945 in Chaabat El Leham (Wilaya of Aïn Témouchent) in Algeria. In 1963, he released his first single, ...