42nd edition of the jazz festival in Seine-Saint-Denis Banlieues Bleues. On the program tonight: El Besta (Algeria) and Sofiane Saidi (Algeria/France).
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- El Besta
High-energy concerts in Oran quickly launched the El Besta rumor: an acoustic raï that combines tradition and modernity, sublimated by the incandescent voice of Sofiane Merabet and the haunting accordion of Kiss Laredj. Originally from Mostaganem, a port city in Oran, the group dove fervently into the repertoire of raï classics, Cheb Abdelhak, Cheb Hamid, Cheb Hasni or Cheb Khaled, icons of a genre in full revival. After Oran and Marseille, the group conquered Paris and its...