The great French-Algerian singer-songwriter Souad Massi has been called the »Tracy Chapman of the Maghreb«. Perhaps because she also develops her songs musically around her delicate guitar playing and stands up for freedom, justice, female emancipation, humanism and love in her lyrics. Massi studied classical music as well as Arabic-Andalusian music and developed her own style over time in which, alongside Algerian folk, influences from independent rock also play a key role. Each song by Souad Massi sounds like an elaborate miniature from a musical continent which she invented herself. She sings in French, Arabic and Kabyle, a Berber language spoken in the north of Algeria.
Performers
Souad Massi vocals, guitar
Mokrane Adlani violin
Maxime Barcelona guitar
Guy Nsangue bass
Rabah Khalfa darbuka
Maamoun Dehane drums
- Elbphilharmonie Großer Saal
»Sequana«
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