Thursday, December 18, 2014

Mazal Haï Mazal: Eight North African Tracks to Light Your Soul On Fire

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2014 came and went too quickly. I wanted to post more often but as so frequently happens, life got in the way. In lieu of my more reg...
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Friday, September 19, 2014

The Algerian Jewish Soundscape

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Bootleg Salim Halali LP found in Algiers. Algeria’s Jewish past is often framed as one of contemporary invisibility. Jews are gone,...
Friday, June 27, 2014

The Delight of the Faithful: Henry Levi, Cheikh Raymond, and a 1958 Recording from Constantine

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From L to R: Alexandre Nissim Benharoun, - Chalom Lellouche - Edouard Zerbib - Sion Bouskila - Victor Assouline - Hayo ...
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Wednesday, April 30, 2014

Songs in the Key of Chakchouka: the North African Light and Comic Chanson

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An early Edmond Nathan Yafil comic monologue at 90 rpm. Before David Guetta, there was his great grandfather Kiki Guetta. Born in ...
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Friday, February 21, 2014

Sliman Elmaghribi and Jaffa's Moroccan Sound

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Those in the know, know Sliman Elmaghribi. Elmaghribi, born Sliman Benhamou in Meknes, came to define the Moroccan sound in Jaffa in ...
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Tuesday, December 24, 2013

When La Mamma Became Ya Yemma: Lili Boniche, Charles Aznavour, and Algerian Cover Songs

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A young Mahieddine Bachetarzi . 1920s? Somewhere in an attic or an archive exists a recording of Mahieddine Bachetarzi singing Josep...
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Monday, November 11, 2013

Jewish Morocco Turns 5! Salim Halali, Taali, & Change

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Salim Halali in pose. 1970s? In his memoirs, Mahieddine Bachetarzi , the “Caruso of the Desert” and founding father of Alg...
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