Rachid Taha, Blending Beats and Cultures : ... Among their hits: Aberrahman Amrani's "Ya Rayah" and the traditional French song "Douce France" ("Sweet France"). Sponsor Message.

Rachid Taha compares his music to a plate of couscous. Interviewed via translator from his home in France, the 49-year-old Algerian-born singer and global punk icon says he was happy to discover ...

Singer Rachid Taha, giant of 1980s French rock, whose group Carte de Séjour remade the Charles Trénet classic "Douce France", died aged 59 of a heart attack on Tuesday night, said his family.

PARIS — Algerian singer Rachid Taha, who thrillingly blended Arabic music with rock and techno and at times wore blue contact lenses to protest anti-Arab prejudice in his adoptive France, has died.

PARIS (AP) — Algerian singer Rachid Taha, who thrillingly blended Arabic music with rock and techno and at times wore blue contact lenses to protest anti-Arab prejudice in his adoptive France ...

Rachid Taha says he was going for an accessible pop sound on his new album, âBonjour.â Rachid Taha was born in Algeria and raised in France. But his real home is in rock ’n’ roll. A ...

Taha expressed his frustration by recording a punk cover of a patriotic French song of the 1940s called “Douce France”. ... Rachid Taha, musician, born 18 September 1958, died 12 September 2018.

Derrière l’énergie solaire de “Douce France” (en 1986) et de “Ya Rayah” (en 1993), la personnalité radieuse de Rachid Taha éclaire ce portrait poignant d’un artiste mort ...

Rachid Taha, who became a rock star in France with assertive lyrics and music that melded his Algerian heritage with punk, funk and electronic beats, has died in Les Lilas, a Paris suburb. He was 59.

PARIS — Algerian singer Rachid Taha, who thrillingly blended Arabic music with rock and techno and at times wore blue contact lenses to protest anti-Arab prejudice in his adoptive France, has ...

Rachid Taha, rockeur sans frontières : Déboulant sur la scène rock française dans les années 80 avec une reprise de « Douce France » à l'ironie mordante, Rachid Taha a incarné pendant plus ...