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Sample Track 1:
"Rock el Casbah" from Tékitoi
Sample Track 2:
"Winta" from Tékitoi
Sample Track 3:
"Dima (Always)" from Tékitoi
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Articles, Interviews, and Reviews
San Francisco Chronicle, Arab rocker Rachid Taha's music fueled by politics, punk attitude and -- what else? -- romance  06/27/05 >> read article >> go there
East Bay Express, CD Review  06/22/05 >> read article >> go there
SFStation, Concert Preview  06/28/05 >> read article >> go there
San Francisco Weekly, Concert Preview  06/22/05 >> read article >> go there
LA Weekly, Rachid Taha at the Knitting Factory.  06/27/05 >> read article >> go there
Philly City Paper, CD Review  06/30/05 >> read article
Afropop, CD Review  06/30/05 >> read article >> go there
Chicago Tribune, Taha brings Clash-inspired sounds to Logan Square  07/01/05 >> read article
The Star-Ledger, Look inside, then out  07/01/05 >> read article >> go there
Georgia Straight, Rachid Taha ruffles a few stodgy French feathers  07/01/05 >> read article >> go there
URChicago, CD Review  07/01/05 >> read article >> go there
City Paper Phil, Concert Preview  05/03/05 >> read article >> go there
SFStation, Concert Review  07/01/05 >> read article >> go there
The Village Voice, Concert Review  07/06/05 >> go there
Monday Magazine, Rachid Taha reclaims the lost art of the protest song  06/29/05 >> read article >> go there
Chicago Sun-Times, Taha rocks in pan-Mediterranean style  07/04/05 >> read article >> go there
Chicago Flavorpill, Concert Preview  06/28/05 >> read article
SF Flavorpill, Concert Preview  06/28/05 >> read article
Newark Star-Ledger, Look inside, then out   07/01/05 >> read article >> go there
Philly Inquirer, Rachid Taha exhorts with fervor  07/01/05 >> read article >> go there
Philly City Paper, CD Review  06/30/05 >> read article
The Daily Star, Rock and rai - Beirut prepares for Rachid Taha  06/09/05 >> read article >> go there
Barnes and Noble, CD Review  06/14/05 >> read article >> go there
All Music Guide, CD Review  06/14/05 >> read article
Afropop Wordwide, Concert Review  07/06/05 >> read article >> go there
Philadelphia City Paper, CD Review  06/30/05 >> read article
The Philadelphia Inquirer, High-Test Algerian dance-rock  07/07/05 >> read article
The Philadelphia Inquirer, Rachid Taha exhorts wiht fervor  07/01/05 >> read article
Time Out New York, Khaled and Friends  06/30/05 >> read article
Town & Village, East and west coast sounds converge  06/30/05 >> read article
New York Resident, French Algerian rocks the casbah downtown  07/04/05 >> read article
Barrington Courier-Review, CD Review  07/07/05 >> read article
Lincolnshire Review, CD Review  07/07/05 >> read article
Westchester Herald, CD Review  07/06/05 >> read article
Wilmette Life, CD Review  07/07/05 >> read article
KEPX 90.3 FM, CD Review  06/01/05 >> read article >> go there
RGJ.com, CD Review  01/09/06 >> read article >> go there
Rolling Stone, Q&A: Robert Plant  05/05/05 >> read article >> go there
Time Out New York, CD Review  05/19/05 >> read article
Reno Journal-Gazette, CD Review  06/17/05 >> read article >> go there
San Francisco Station, Rachid Taha with Cheb i Sabbah Great American Music Hall  06/17/05 >> read article >> go there
NPR, Algerian-French Rock  03/23/05 >> read article >> go there
New York Times, Shock the Casbah, Rock the French (and Vice Versa)  03/13/05 >> read article >> go there
NPR's All Things Considered, REVIEW: Everything '80s Is New Again for Global Musicians, by Chris Nickson  02/16/05 >> go there
Jambase, Rachid Taha: Who Are You?  06/22/05 >> read article >> go there
Pitchfork Media, CD Review  05/19/05 >> read article >> go there
Pitchfork Media, CD Review  05/19/05 >> read article >> go there
Urb Magazine, CD Review  05/01/05 >> read article
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, CDs are a world away from pop music blahs  05/17/05 >> read article
Tracks, CD Review  05/01/05 >> read article
Toledo City Paper, CD Review  04/27/05 >> read article
All About Jazz, North Africa: Rocking el Casbah  04/26/05 >> read article >> go there
Penguin Eggs, Punk on Raï   04/22/05 >> read article
The Village Voice, CD Review  04/11/05 >> read article >> go there
Grammy Magazine, Rachid on Grammy.com  04/08/05 >> read article >> go there
Pop Matters, Honing 'That Boogie Sound'  04/07/05 >> read article >> go there
RootsWorld Bulletin, CD Review  04/06/05 >> read article
Global Rhythm, Review  04/01/05 >> read article
Tracks, CD Review  04/01/05 >> read article
Saudi Aramco World, Rachid meets Saudi  04/01/05 >> read article
Amazon, CD Review  03/18/05 >> read article >> go there
Pittsburgh City Paper, Double CD Review  03/17/05 >> read article >> go there
World Music Central, CD Review  03/04/05 >> read article >> go there
Philadelphia Weekly, Spin Cycle  03/02/05 >> read article
Beat (The), CD Reveiw  03/01/05 >> read article
Billboard, Review  02/26/05 >> read article
Billboard, Review  02/26/05 >> read article >> go there
Village Voice, CD Review  04/13/05 >> read article
Mirror, Combat Rocker  02/25/05 >> read article >> go there
Guardian Unlimited, Out of Africa  02/24/05 >> read article >> go there
Orlando Weekly, CD Review  02/24/05 >> read article
Scotsman, Rebels of the soul blast open clichéd image of world music  02/22/05 >> read article >> go there
Financial Times, A blast of African energy  02/22/05 >> read article >> go there
Telegragh, Review  02/17/05 >> read article >> go there
Creative Loafing, CD Review  02/16/05 >> read article >> go there
The World (Public Radio Intl), Global Hit (click for full audio)  02/16/05 >> read article >> go there
Telegraph, The Joe Strummer of Algeria   02/10/05 >> read article >> go there
Shepherd Express, Review  02/10/05 >> read article
Pasadena Weekly, Trax  02/10/05 >> read article
Seatle Weekly, CD Review  02/01/05 >> read article >> go there
Top 40-Charts, Algerian Rocker Rachid Taha Shocks The Casbah . . .   01/31/05 >> read article >> go there
Seattle Weekly, CD Review  01/26/05 >> read article >> go there
Weekend America, World Music Picks  01/15/05 >> read article >> go there
Socialist Worker online, A loud and rebellious compilation dedicated to Joe Strummer  01/15/05 >> read article >> go there
The Village Voice, Algerian rebel gets tougher; King of Rai purrs for the wine  01/11/05 >> read article >> go there
The Beat, The Best of 2004  01/01/05 >> read article
Sunday Herald, Continental riffs  01/27/05 >> read article >> go there
Montreal Gazette, Rachid Taha is a Montreal favourite  03/04/05 >> read article >> go there