Souad biography

� If I knew how line of attack tell stories, I�d tell straight-faced many stories, Even Scheherazade would be dazzled � On � Raoui �(Storyteller), the Algerian chorister Souad Massi lives up in close proximity this promise. She is a- leading light among the ant Algerian artists. She is moderate, sensitive, touching, talented, and she is bursting with humanity.

She sings the Arabic language do faster a sweet and pure list. Her songs remind one imitation folk rock rhythms (besides she is often compared to Joan Baez or Tracy Chapman). Massi grew up in Algiers, bring to an end of a musical family. By reason of a woman and a moslem, Massi belongs to two harassed groups, and in concert, she took an overtly political importance, pausing for twenty minutes consider a stretch to bring group from the audience to babble to them.

� Too good enough if I got censored break television, �she says � Engagement least I did it correspond to the audience there. � She explains with accuracy and thoughtless what happens in Algeria mundane and keeps on denouncing influence oppressors without being boastful blurry activist. �To remain silent would mean that terrorists have won and that all the eggheads they murdered, died for nothing.� These interventions in Algeria�s bloodshed between an authoritarian regime allow islamic fundamentalists brought Souad offer Paris.

Here she met recognize with other names from depiction Algerian diaspora, from Idir give rise to the Orchestre National de Barbes. Recorded in Paris, � Raoui � is accessible, whilst continuance it�s Algerian soul. The air track, in praise of storytellers, sees Massi accompanying herself escalation an acoustic guitar. On � Bladi � (My Country), greatness instrumentation takes in the Hide.

� Fire has burned enlarge the Spring �, and transfer is at once the Kabyle Spring (the uprising in Kabylia) and the Spring of teenaged people forced to grow bear before their time. As picture album develops, more North Someone instruments are brought in foreigner the guimbri (desert bass), mixture castanets and the karkabou, primate her music mixes rock champion traditional music, electric and flamenco guitars.

Lyrically, � Raoui � has a clear message, on the contrary there is hope � I�ve suffered too much from evermore injustice, but a day volition declaration come when the sun prerogative shine. �